Carney embarks on a worldwide summit tour to build bridges with Europe and Asia

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Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel around the world over the next week as he attends the summits of the European Political Community, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Francophonie and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. Both defence and trade will be discussed in a range of multilateral and bilateral meetings.

Prime Minister Mark Carney will clock about 36,000 kilometres over the next 10 days as he takes part in a series of European and Asian summits, and doubles back across two oceans to avoid crossing Russian airspace.

A meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping is perhaps the most consequential item on his agenda. Shenzhen, China, is the last stop on his agenda for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' meeting.

"We will discuss many things," Carney said in Montreal on Tuesday, listing the "security situation around the world" as well as the two countries' economic partnership — "something that is deepening but has clear guardrails."

Carney also said that Canada would finally replace its ambassador to China. The post has been unfilled for six months, but Carney said the person has been selected and they're in the process of agreeing with China on the appointment, which is a standard diplomatic process.

"It's a little longer than we would have liked" since the post was filled, he said. "We would hope to make the announcement in very short order."

Carney's first destination is Dublin, Ireland, where the European Political Community is holding its ninth summit on Thursday. The EPC is a venue where EU members can meet with non-members such as the U.K., Turkey, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland.

Since 2022, Ukraine has often been the main topic at EPC events, and that is expected to be the case in Dublin too, with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy in attendance.

Ireland has suffered a wave of bomb threats and cyberattacks in recent days that the government of Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said have a "Russian dimension." Several flights on national carrier Aer Lingus and Irish discount airline Ryanair were delayed or diverted as a result of threats. In Dublin, office buildings, including national broadcaster RTÉ, had to be evacuated.

Carney is joining the summit as the only non-European invitee. It will be his second EPC summit, after attending one in Yerevan, Armenia, in May.

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