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Carney meets with allied nations in Turkey on margins of NATO summit
Carney is pressing allies on defence spending and a proposed defence bank as NATO leaders gather for talks and meetings on procurement and Ukraine.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney held meetings with allied leaders at the NATO summit in Ankara, focusing on alliance unity and increased defence budgeting amid global security threats.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand will replace Carney on a summit panel about defence sector financing, an appearance previously scheduled for the Prime Minister.
Before arriving, Carney named a German and Norwegian consortium as the preferred bidder for Royal Canadian Navy submarines while campaigning for a multinational defence bank to finance military expansion.
Bilateral talks are set with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, alongside a trilateral meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Norwegian Prime Minister Gahr Store.
U.S. President Donald Trump casts a shadow over the gathering following provocative actions since last year's summit in The Hague, including an attempted annexation of Greenland and a surprise war against Iran.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is holding meetings on Tuesday with the heads of state of the Allied countries in the Turkish capital, on the margins of the NATO summit.