In an apparent challenge to the US president, the prime minister said the country was a sovereign nation and a “much-valued member of the Commonwealth”.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer visits with Canadian counterpart Mark Carney at his residence in Ottawa. (Picture: Suzanne Plunkett/Pool/Reuters)
The visit will be the first by a British leader to the country in eight years and comes ahead of leaders from the world’s major economies meeting for the G7 summit in the Canadian province of Alberta next week.
The US president has repeatedly expressed a desire to make Canada the “51st state.”
“And that’s the basis on which I’ve approached my discussions with all of our partners. I’m not going to get into the precise conversations I’ve had, but let me be absolutely clear: Canada is an independent, sovereign country and a much-valued member of the Commonwealth.
The UK and Canada have a trade relationship worth about £28 billion to the British economy and are both members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Downing Street said Sir Keir is expected to meet Trump at the summit next week.
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