RIGA — Canada will keep troops in Latvia for another three years as part of a mission to deter further Russian aggression in Europe, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Tuesday.

“We must deter and fortify. And that is the way that we can provide true reassurance,” Carney said at a Tuesday news conference in Riga, flanked by Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina.

Carney’s office says there are now 2,000 Canadian Armed Forces troops in Latvia as part of Operation Reassurance, which is Canada’s largest overseas mission. Canadian troops have led a multinational battle brigade in Latvia since 2017, to impose what analysts call a “trip wire” that prevents Russia from invading Baltic countries.

The current authority for the mission ends in March 2026, but Carney says he plans to extend that until

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