What does にとり mean？


Could somebody please help me to understand what **にとり** means in the
following sentence (taken from a letter explaining the change to Reiwa era) :

> 「私達日本人{わたしたちにほんじん} **にとり**
> 身近{みぢか}で重大{じゅうだい}な最新{さいしん}の話題{わだい}について、報告{ほうこく}申{もう}し上{あ}げます。」

My current translation attempt (having still basic japanese skills and not
being either an english native speaker) is the following : "I (humbly) provide
information about a recent and important subject close to us, japanese
people." but I am struggling with (に)とり (obviously this doesn't mean 'bird'
here, could it be a form of 取る ?)

Many thanks in advance for your help.

NOTE : Question edited in accordance to Ringil/Setris answers (initial
question was about とり only)




にとり means the same thing as にとって. にとって and にとり both come from に+取る and are two
different ways to convert に+取る to 連用形. It's very common in Japanese to use the
連用形 to connect clauses. The only real difference between にとって and にとり is that
にとり is more formal. There's also
[にとりまして](https://jisho.org/search/%E3%81%AB%E3%81%A8%E3%82%8A%E3%81%BE%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6),
which is politer.




にとり means the same thing as にとって. にとって and にとり both come from に+取る and are two
different ways to convert に+取る to 連用形. It's very common in Japanese to use the
連用形 to connect clauses. The only real difference between にとって and にとり is that
にとり is more formal. There's also
[にとりまして](https://jisho.org/search/%E3%81%AB%E3%81%A8%E3%82%8A%E3%81%BE%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6),
which is politer.

