UK PM congratulates next Canada PM Carney
"Congratulations to @MarkJCarney on his appointment as Canada's new prime minister. I look forward to working closely with him on shared international priorities, including in the G7, and to further deepening the UK-Canada relationship together," Starmer wrote on X.
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