Carney wraps meetings on security, trade with European leaders in Ireland

Prime Minister Mark Carney heard from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday about the state of negotiations with Russia as the two discussed continental security with European leaders.

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stands next to French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Mark Carney at the European Political Community summit in Ireland on Thursday. (Peter Morrison/The Associated Press)

Prime Minister Mark Carney heard from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday about the state of negotiations with Russia as the two discussed continental security with European leaders.

"Security guarantees are a European responsibility, with Canada, with the United States. So there are tiers for security guarantees," Carney said in French at the start of the European Political Community summit in Dublin.

The summit is an informal gathering of leaders from around Europe that has occurred every six months since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

For the second time, Canada was the only non-European country represented at the table. Since the last meeting in May in Armenia, Carney and European Union leaders have pitched making Canada an "associate member" of the EU — a title they have yet to define.

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