British High Commission in Canada to Welcome Military Specialist on Chinese and Russian Threat to Arctic

British High Commission in Canada to Welcome Military Specialist on Chinese and Russian Threat to Arctic
UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss arrives to attend a Tory Leadership hustings event on July 21, 2022 in London, England. Getty Images/Dan Kitwood
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Britain is sending a military expert on the threat posed by Russia and China in the Arctic to work in the British High Commission in Ottawa.

In a sign of deepening co-operation between Canada and Britain on defence matters, the UK is dispatching Nick Diggle, a former Royal Navy officer and research specialist in Arctic security, to Ottawa in September.