Carney heading to Norway to watch NATO exercises, meet with PM
Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to travel to Norway on Friday to observe the Norwegian-led NATO Cold Response exercise above the Arctic Circle.
Cold Response is run by NATO every two years and involves about 25,000 troops from 14 nations training together to perform land, air and sea operations in Arctic conditions.
Canada, the United States, the U.K., Germany, the Netherlands, France, Sweden and Finland are among the countries taking part in the exercise.
While in Oslo, Carney is expected to meet with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store to discuss trade, investment, clean energy, critical minerals and the aerospace sector.
The prime minister will also attend the Canada-Nordic summit to meet with other Nordic leaders and talk about ways to enhance geopolitical co-operation.
Before returning to Canada, Carney plans to stop in London to meet with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer to talk about defence and the war in the Middle East.
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Denmark: Denmark to provide four F-35 fighter jets to NATO’s Arctic Sentry, Reuters
Finland: Greenland clash left a mark on EU-US relations says Finnish PM, Yle News
Greenland: New Italy Arctic policy adds U.S. Greenland ambitions to growing Arctic competition narrative, Eye on the Arctic
Iceland: NATO chief to Arctic Allies: “We’re all frontline states now,” as Iceland’s role grows, Eye on the Arctic
Norway: Europeans step up submarine hunting in the North, The Independent Barents Observer
Russia: Russia claims first-ever North Pole aerial refuelling, TASS reports, Reuters
Sweden: Swedish military intelligence on the great power rivalry over Greenland, Radio Sweden
United States: Rubio says technical talks with Denmark, Greenland officials over Arctic security have begun, The Associated Press
