Ottawa/IBNS-CMEDIA: Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to India, Australia, and Japan from February 26 to March 7 as part of efforts to strengthen trade, investment, and security partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region, his office announced Friday.
The trip comes as Canada seeks to diversify trade and reduce reliance on traditional markets while attracting new international investment.
“In a more uncertain world, Canada is focused on what we can control,” Carney said in a statement, adding that the government is working to diversify trade and strengthen economic resilience.
Carney will begin in Mumbai and New Delhi, where he is scheduled to meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The two leaders are expected to discuss expanding cooperation in trade, energy, technology and artificial intelligence(AI), as well as defence, talent mobility and cultural ties.
Carney will also meet business leaders to explore investment opportunities and deepen commercial links between the two countries.
Canada and India agreed at last year’s G20 summit to formally launch negotiations toward a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
The prime minister will then travel to Sydney and Canberra for meetings with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
Discussions are expected to focus on defence and maritime security, critical minerals, trade, advanced technologies and AI.
Carney is scheduled to address both houses of Australia’s Parliament—the first such address by a Canadian prime minister in nearly two decades.
In Tokyo, Carney will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae to discuss clean energy, advanced manufacturing, food security and critical minerals, as well as security cooperation in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.
(Reporting by Suman Das)
