Evian, June 16 -- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday (local time) held a bialteral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 Leaders' Summit in Evian, with both leaders agreeing to strengthen cooperation in critical minerals, energy, defence and secure supply chains, while launching negotiations for Canada's purchase of Italian-made M-346 advanced jet trainer aircraft.

In a post on X, Meloni said, "On the margins of the G7 works in Evian, I had a meeting with the Prime Minister of Canada, @MarkJCarney.The meeting made it possible to review the state of implementation of the action plan for strengthened Italy-Canada cooperation, agreeing on the opportunity to further consolidate it.

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