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Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) and her Canadian counterpart Melanie Joly
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Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) thanked Canada for delivering a serviced turbine for the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline to Russia.
"As a government, you stood up for European solidarity," she said on her first visit to Canada after meeting her counterpart Mélanie Joly.
"Together we exposed the Russian President's bluff."
Joly: Putin is waging hybrid warfare
Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly defended the delivery against criticism from Ukraine, among others.
It is clear that Russian President Vladimir Putin is waging a "hybrid war".
"Putin wanted to sow divisions in our alliance." They didn't want to allow that.
The turbine was serviced by Siemens Energy in the Canadian metropolis of Montreal.
She is now stuck in Germany on her way to Russia.
The Canadian government is under pressure to allow the shipment.
She is accused of evading sanctions.
A parliamentary committee is currently investigating.
Baerbock ends her three-day trip to North America in Montreal.
In Montreal, she also wanted to visit a grain terminal in the port and meet with participants in a women's integration program.
Before that, Baerbock was in New York for two days, where she had attended a UN conference to review the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
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