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WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is in talks with the United States in hopes of avoiding the deployment of American soldiers along their shared border.

Trudeau says it is in the best interests of both countries that the world’s longest unmilitarized border remain that way.“Canada and the United States have the longest un-militarized border in the world and it is very much in both of our interests for it to remain that way,” he said.

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The comments follow a Global News report that the Trump administration is considering whether to deploy troops to intercept anyone trying to enter the U.S. illegally from Canada.

The prime minister says Canada and the U.S. have been in discussions about the issue, but won’t elaborate. However deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland stated that Canada is “strongly opposed” to the idea. ” We have made that opposition very clear to our american counterparts,” she said.