Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, has said the inadvertent leak of classified military plans by senior US officials means that allied nations must increasingly “look out for ourselves” as trust frays with a once-close ally.
He said it would be critical to see “how people react to those mistakes and how they tighten them up”.
The revelations came as Canada grapples with a rapidly deteriorating relationship with the United States, its largest trading partner and closest military ally.
“But we’ve got high confidence that the measures that we have got with our allies, including the United States, remain intact.”.
The spokesperson also insisted that the UK remains happy to share intelligence with the US despite the leak.
In Australia, the department of foreign affairs and trade said: “This incident is a matter for the United States.
Australia and the United States engage regularly on implementation of mutually recognised standards for the protection of classified material.”. »