Starmer heads to Canada for talks on security and trade
By: | Published: 2025-06-14 03:00:00 | Source: www.bbc.com
Sir Keir Starmer flies to Canada later to meet Mark Carney, the former governor of the Bank of England who became his country’s prime minister in March.
The two men will get together in the Canadian capital Ottawa on Saturday evening, ahead of the G7 summit, hosted by Carney, which begins in the province of Alberta on Sunday.
It will be the first face-to-face gathering of world leaders since Israel’s strikes on Iran.
The talks between the two prime ministers on Saturday will focus on security and trade.
Carney’s office said the aim was to “strengthen the long-standing economic and security partnership between the two nations.”
Negotiations between the UK and Canada on a trade agreement broke down early last year, before the British general election, after a dispute over beef and cheese.
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