Overview
- In a Friday call, President Lee Jae Myung and Prime Minister Mark Carney agreed to cooperate on a peaceful response to tensions in the Middle East.
- The leaders said they would work to protect freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and to keep energy supplies stable.
- They pledged to expand cooperation beyond security into the economy, energy, critical minerals, advanced industries and culture.
- Both sides agreed to keep up frequent contact and directed officials at all levels to produce concrete results across these areas.
- Canada plans to name a preferred bidder in June for its new conventional submarine program, with a South Korean consortium competing against Germany’s Thyssenkrupp.