Sir Keir Starmer has welcomed the new prime minister of Canada to Downing Street on his first foreign trip since being sworn in last week. Mark Carney also met the King at Buckingham Palace after he arrived in the UK from Paris,

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney embarked on his first international trip on Monday as he works to strengthen ties with Europe and connect with his own people while working with the Trump administration looms beyond.

New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has met with the leaders of Britain and France during his first official overseas trip.

This is Carney’s first official foreign trip since he was sworn in. He will next land in the UK to meet King Charles and PM Keir Starmer.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada can stand up for its own sovereignty in response to annexation talk from the U.S. administration as he wrapped up his first international trip.