Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to thank the witnesses for joining us today.
Mr. Gazibo told us earlier that we had to respect Africa, its sovereignty and autonomy.
We heard a similar theme in previous testimony from Mr. Akuffo. When I spoke with him outside of a committee meeting, he said that we needed to deal with Africa in its own right and not respond to Russia and China necessarily. Obviously, we need to have an awareness of them and other actors, but we need to deal with Africa in its own right, similar to the testimony we just heard.
Mr. Dorn, I know you're a Royal Military College professor. I was in the reserves once upon a time, so I appreciate the space that you're operating in. You spoke about Roméo Dallaire and others who have led peacekeeping missions in the past. Oftentimes when we have these sorts of interventions or involvements, we're not using the principle that was just mentioned here at committee and by others.
How do we address our involvements in the future—if we choose to have them as a country—so that while we are maintaining peace and security, we're doing so with respect for the sovereignty, autonomy and agency of the African countries and regions where we're intervening?