Amid Russia threat, NATO calls on members to share more intelligence
OTTAWA — Canada and other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are being urged to share more information faster in a bid to get ahead — and stay ahead — of Russia and other threats to the military alliance.
The request came Thursday from NATO assistant secretary general Arndt Freytag von Loringhoven as senior military intelligence officers from across the 29-country alliance wrapped up two days of closed-door meetings in Ottawa.
“I think we need to work on the rapidity of intelligence,” von Loringhoven told a group of journalists. “So we are encouraging to send us, to share intelligence with us at the speed of relevance, as quickly as possible.”
The comments coincide with a renewed focus on military intelligence by the Trudeau government, whose defence policy has promised to assign hundreds more service members and civilians to such tasks in the coming years.