Carney landed in Poland, and the mission began to deepen European -national relations

prime minister Mark Carney It fell in Poland on Saturday, and began a broader mission to deepen economic and security relations with European allies.

In the early morning hours, Prime Minister Ottawa left for a European trip that would include stopping in Warsaw, Berlin and Rega, Latvia.

It is his fourth trip to Europe Since he took office in March, while moving to the alignment of Canada is closer to Europe while the relationship with the United States has been exposed to President Donald Trump.

Carney said on Friday that Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson, Defense Secretary David Mcceceti and Minister of Industry Milani Jolie will join him on the tour.

A few days after the constitutional right last winter, he flew to France and the United Kingdom, where Canada called “most of the European nations”. By pressing the visit before he was called the elections, Carney met with French President Emmanuel Macron, King Charles and British Prime Minister Kiir Starmer on the same day.

In May, he traveled to Rome to obtain the opening bloc of the fourteenth Pope Liu, and meetings with Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni.

In June, he traveled to Brussels, where he signed a new defensive and security deal with the European Union. The agreement paves the way for Canada to participate in the initiative to re -deport Europe, strengthen relations in the defense industry and convert Canada away from this strong dependence on the United States

He also attended the NATO leaders in the Netherlands.

A senior government official told reporters before the trip that making Canada closer to Europe was a “maximum priority” of the Carney government.

The official said the journey is to focus on a large scale on helping to diversify the prospects of trade in Canada with the current allies amid the campaign of continuous global tariffs in the United States, as well as deepening defense and security agreements.

While he is in Poland, Carney is expected to meet with Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Carol Noruki.

A senior official said that the advanced trade talks in energy, defense and space, among other industries, would be a priority in Poland, as well as the support of Ukraine.

Poland is a main transit center for Ukraine’s military assistance.

Since 2015, Canada has trained 45,000 Ukrainian soldiers through the Unifier operation. Since Russia has been widely invaded to Ukraine in February 2022, a lot of this training has been conducted in Poland.

Marsen Gabriz, head of Canadian studies at the University of Gagilonia in Krakow, said Poland has “very strong foundations” in its relationships with Canada, and wants more cooperation in sectors such as nuclear technology, as both countries are singing an agreement in January for projects such as small standard reactors.

He said: “There are many opportunities regarding economic cooperation,” including in mining, critical minerals, and relationships through the great diaspora in Poland in Canada.

Canada’s critical mineral reserves are also expected to form a major axis of Carney talks with officials and business leaders in Germany.

Carney is scheduled to meet German adviser Fredchich Mirz in Berlin on Tuesday.

Carney said on Friday that he is looking forward to strengthening Canada’s current partnership with Germany.

“There is a wide range of fields, from critical minerals to energy, defense and security, as we increase our discussions with Germany,” he told reporters.

Germany is the largest export market in Canada in Europe, and the two have jointly pledged $ 600 million to export Canadian hydrogen to Europe, through an agreement signed in August 2022.

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Canada had no ambassador to Berlin since the death of the former politician BC John Horgan in November 2023.

Carney is expected to conclude the trip by interviewing Latvian Prime Minister Evica Celia on Wednesday and a visit to the Canadian forces stationed in the country.

Since 2017, Canada has led a multinational battle group in Latvia as part of the efforts made by the military coalition to strengthen its eastern wing and respond to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Latvian task is one of the eight battle groups established by NATO in Eastern Europe, while some refer to the name “Tripwire” to prevent Moscow from invasion.

The first four – in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland – were created in 2017, three years after the first Ukrainian invasion of Russia in the Crimea. After the Russian invasion wider in 2022, combat groups were also created in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia.

In Riga, the reassurance of operations includes employees of more than ten NATO countries and less than 300 km from the Russian border.

The senior official said that 1900 members of the Canadian Armed Forces are stationed in Latvia, the largest mission abroad in the Canadian Armed Forces.

Marcus Kulja, an older colleague at the McDonald Laurere Institute, said the task is crucial for Canada.

“It may be one of the most important international tasks that we have participated in since the liberation of the Netherlands in World War II,” he said.

He said: “It allows them to continue to live their lives normally, although this threat is correct on the threshold of their door,” adding that this applies to Latifans as well as the neighboring Estonians and the Litanic.

“He explains that Canada is active and will not be paid by Vladimir Putin,” he said.

The journey to Europe comes against the background of intense efforts to mediate peace in the Ukraine war with Russia. Earlier this month, Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, a few days later to hold a meeting with Ukrainian President Voludmir Zelinsky and other European leaders at the White House.

Canada is a member of The Warking Alliance, a group of member states pledged to support Ukraine in the war against Russia. Carney has attended the group’s virtual meetings in recent weeks, but there are no assurances about the role that Canada will play to help maintain peace if the ceasefire deal is reached.

– With files from Dylan Robertson in Ottawa