European leaders talked up independence on defence and nearer ties with Canada Monday, as they gathered in Armenia for a summit clouded by US threats to chop navy assist. US President Donald Trump loomed giant over the assembly of the European Political Community (EPC) in Yerevan, which was for the primary time attended by a non-European chief: Canada’s Mark Carney. FRANCE 24’s worldwide affairs commentator Douglas Herbert has extra.
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