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Wednesday 18 Nov 2015 - 13:54 Makkah mean time-6-2-1437
Antalya (IINA) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has recently told his fellow G20 leaders that Canada will continue to make an active military contribution in the fight against terrorist militants, but it will not be from the air, The Huffington Post reported.
Trudeau stressed that his government will follow through on its election campaign commitment to withdraw its six CF-18 fighter jets from the US-led coalition mission attacking targets in Iraq and Syria.
He said that Canada will concentrate its military contribution to strengthening efforts of training Kurdish fighters for their ground war against ISIS.
Trudeau noted that Canadian troops have built up expertise in such training, especially from the war in Afghanistan.
"The discussions we're having both internally and with our allies are around how best Canada can help," Trudeau said at the close of the G20 Summit. "I know that Canada will continue to, and be seen to be continuing to do its part in the fight against this terrorist scourge," he added.
Trudeau pointed out that no other leader has told him to keep the CF-18s in place. However, the issue complicated the new prime minister's international debut at a summit, where he was more interested in talking about infrastructure and climate change.
It is noteworthy that Trudeau also held firm to his plan to bring 25,000 refugees to Canada by the end of the year, but he acknowledged the renewed security concerns that extremists might pose as legitimate migrants.
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