Dublin, June 14 -- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, during a high-profile diplomatic visit to Ireland, has called for deeper cooperation among middle powers, urging them to avoid competing for alignment with the United States and instead build a unified "third path with impact" ahead of the upcoming G7 Summit.

Delivering an address at Trinity College in Dublin on Saturday, PM Carney highlighted that Canada and the European Union together possess significant economic, military and demographic strength capable of shaping global outcomes.

The Canadian Prime Minister noted that the combined population of Canada and the EU is more than twice that of the United States, while their economies are comparable in scale and their combined defen...