Macron, Carney hail new chapter in France-Canada ties at symbolic archipelago meeting

French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, not Mark Carney, met on Saint Pierre and Miquelon, a French territory off Canada's Newfoundland. According to The Guardian, they pledged closer ties to address rising geopolitical tensions, climate change, and the erosion of democratic values.

The meeting came as both countries have strained relations with the US. The US president had recently posted an image on social media showing the islands, as well as all of Canada and other countries in North America, covered by the US flag, as reported by The Guardian.

Macron and Trudeau agreed to forge closer ties in sectors such as space, climate, and energy. They also discussed cooperation on fishing, security, and artificial intelligence, with Trudeau proposing a collaboration between France, Canada, the US, and China on this issue, as per Free Malaysia Today and France 24.

Brief written by urgent.news from France 24, Japan Times, The Guardian, Free Malaysia Today — 4 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.