 Good afternoon, everyone. It is a real pleasure to be here with Prime Minister Karens in Canada. You welcome me, Cristianus, to Latvia just a few months ago back in March, and I'm honored to be able to welcome you here to Canada in such a beautiful sunny day. It was a really good productive meeting. We had it just now. We reaffirmed the strong and deep ties between our countries. We're both steadfast supporters of Ukraine, and we discussed further military support that we can work on together, but also offer. Canada and Lettonia share values based on freedom, democracy, and the sovereignty of the law. Lettonia and Baltic countries feel the shadow of their neighbors in Russia, but they continue to maintain a rampart by protecting their democracy and that of Eastern Europe. Today, Prime Minister Karens and I also discussed how we can continue strengthening NATO's deterrence and defence measures along Europe's Eastern flank. As you know, Canada leads the NATO battle group based in Latvia, which I had the chance to visit back in March at Camp Adadzi. Currently, 695 Canadian armed forces, women and men, are deployed in Latvia. Today, I am very pleased to announce that we will be deploying a general and six staff officers to NATO's multinational division north headquarters in Adadzi. They'll be part of a first-of-its-kind unit in the northern Baltic Sea region to help plan, coordinate, and integrate regional military activities. It'll serve as a continued and important part of our enhancements to NATO's defence and deterrence capabilities. This is something Latvia had actually asked Canada to provide to continue assisting in the region. We talked about it a fair bit just a few months ago, so together, through our collective strength, we will continue to defend against threats to democracy and global stability. Over the weekend, I was in Ukraine, where I got to see firsthand what attacks against democracy and global stability looked like. I saw the devastation of Irpin with homes destroyed, with neighbourhoods battered. It is clear that war crimes have been committed and that the White House is entirely returning to Putin. During my visit, I noticed the resilience and courage of the Ukrainians. They are fighting with a ferocity that inspired the whole world. They are less numerous, but they defend their country with enormous success. The Russians clearly underestimated them. Despite the dark and brutal realities of war, Ukrainians continue to seek a bright, free, democratic future. We will, together, collectively be there to support Ukrainians as they defend themselves against Putin's illegal invasion. We will be there as the country rebuilds afterwards. Christianius, thank you so much for being here today. Thank you for everything you and your partners do to defend Europe, to defend democracy. Together, our countries will continue to defend our common values. It's very good to see you here today, my friend.