BERLIN (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Tuesday that Canada has shortlisted two contenders for its new submarine programme, with a German-Norwegian partnership among the finalists.

“I look forward, along with the minister of industry, Melanie Jolie … and the minister of national defence, to visiting (the) Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems facility in Kiel later today,” Mark said in a joint news conference with Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin.

Carney announced a new joint declaration on critical minerals cooperation between the two countries, saying Canada could play a major role in strengthening Germany’s critical mineral supply chain which Berlin is trying to diversify away from reliance on China and Russia.

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