Carney Heads to Ankara for Scaled-Down NATO Summit and Trade Talks
Canada and Turkey are seeking closer trade and defence ties as allies prepare to discuss higher military spending at a shortened NATO meeting.
- On Monday, Prime Minister Mark Carney departs for Ankara to attend the annual NATO summit, marking the first visit by a Canadian prime minister to Turkey since 2015 and the first leg of a week-long Middle East sojourn.
- The July 7-8 gathering has been reduced in scale to a dinner and one session, with allies focused on managing President Donald Trump while presenting credible plans to meet NATO's five per cent GDP defence spending commitment by 2035.
- Carney will discuss defence-sector financing and Canada's progress on spending, projected at 2.13 per cent of GDP for 2026-27, while promoting Canadian nuclear technology and opportunities in agriculture, life sciences, mining, and infrastructure.
- Canada suspended arms sales to Turkey seven years ago over the diversion of Canadian components to Azerbaijan, and concerns regarding high inflation and human rights issues complicate efforts to expand commercial partnerships.
- Despite being described as a 'flawed democracy' by former military attaché Chris Kilford, Turkey remains geopolitically essential due to its relative stability in a region experiencing upheaval from Ukraine, Syria, and Iran conflicts.
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Loonie Politics‘Cost of drama is too high’: NATO leaders meet in Turkey for annual summit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is jetting off Monday to the two-day NATO summit in Turkey's capital city Ankara, where world leaders will seek to avoid diplomatic friction with U.S. President Donald Trump.
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'Cost of drama is too high': NATO leaders meet in Turkey for annual summit
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is jetting off Monday to the two-day NATO summit in Turkey's capital city Ankara, where world leaders will seek to avoid diplomatic friction with U.S. President Donald Trump.
This is the first visit by a Canadian Prime Minister to Turkey since 2015.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to travel to Ankara on Monday to attend the annual North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit, the first visit of a Canadian Prime Minister to Turkey since 2015.
The Toronto Star
Carney to travel to Turkey, where NATO allies will focus on managing Trump
Canada's former ambassador to NATO, said this year's gathering will be a "short, sweet summit to try avoid any drama," given the U.S. president's propensity for insulting allies.
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