The request comes as Canada faces pressure from the UN to extend its Mali peacekeeping mission in order to bridge a gap until Romanian replacements can arrive
Gen. Esa Pulkkinen, director general of the EU's military staff, poses for a photo in Ottawa, on March 20, 2019. As Canada's military mission races to leave Mali amid pleas from the United Nations to stay, the European Union is making a fresh appeal to the Canadian Forces to partner with it in the West African country.
Those threats include the mass northward migration to Europe, an increase in the smuggling of arms, drugs and human trafficking, as well as terrorism. Joining forces with Canada would be a natural fit, he noted, because the EU mission is predicated on the same shared values.“We try to find other partners that share the same universal Western values as we have. They are very important when you provide education for our African troops,” Pulkkinen said.But the mission will be a tough sell for the EU.
The UN sent a formal request, in writing, to the federal government late last month after months of behind-the-scenes prodding got them nowhere with Ottawa.The letter marks an unusual step: the UN usually only makes such requests if it believes it stands a good chance of a positive response, which in this case is far from certain.
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