Brussels, May 12 -- Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand met the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Mark Rutte, on Monday to discuss Canada's defence commitments to NATO, with talks focused on Arctic security, military spending and support for Ukraine.

The minister said Canada remains committed to strengthening collective defence across the Euro-Atlantic region, including increased defence and deterrence efforts in the Arctic amid growing geopolitical competition in the region.

Anand also updated Rutte on Canada's role in developing the proposed Defence Security and Resilience Bank, an initiative aimed at strengthening defence industrial capacity among allied countries.

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