Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to depart Wednesday for summits in Dublin, Manila, Phnom Penh and Shenzhen, with talks spanning trade and security.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to depart Wednesday for a trip that will take him to four countries for a series of international summits focused on trade and security.
Carney is expected to leave for Dublin shortly after the Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa, and will attend the European Political Community (EPC) summit in the Irish capital on Nov. 12. The EPC summit in Dublin will be the second time Canada has been represented as the only non-European country at the table, after attending a prior meeting in Armenia in May. The EPC summits have been held roughly every six months since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, with discussions aimed at strategic co-operation in politics, security and infrastructure.
After Ireland, Carney will travel to Manila, where the Philippines will host Canada as a guest at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit running Nov. 15 to 18. The trip is tied to negotiations on two trade deals while Carney is in Manila: one with ASEAN and another bilateral deal with the Philippines. Carney has a meeting scheduled for Saturday with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., and is set to address ASEAN leaders on Sunday. The prime minister will be joined by Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu and Gender Minister Rechie Valdez, who is of Filipino origin.
Carney will then visit Cambodia for the Francophonie summit scheduled for Nov. 14 to 16 in Phnom Penh. He is expected to meet with leaders from Africa and other continents, and the summit includes planned remarks to be delivered by Carney at the FrancoTech innovation event on Sunday, followed by plenary remarks on Monday. Canada is set to host the next Francophonie summit in 2028 in the Ottawa area, and the federal government says it is staying neutral to avoid affecting the next summit. Before Carney’s arrival, Governor General Louise Arbour will lead Canada’s delegation at the summit.
Carney’s final stop will be Shenzhen, China, for the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit running Nov. 18 to 19. Carney is expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday and address business leaders the next day, with his return to Ottawa set for Nov. 19. In Shenzhen, Carney will be joined by parliamentary secretary Kody Blois and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand.
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