Prime Minister Mark Carney was forced to take a charter flight to Egypt for the historic signing of an agreement to end the Israel-Hamas war because there were no air crews available to fly a Canadian Armed Forces jet.

The White House has had tumultuous relations with its northern neighbor, which Trump has called the "51st state."

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney jokingly corrected President Donald Trump after he called the North American leader president rather than prime minister. The 79-year-old president had dismissed the press and was shaking hands with world leaders at the Middle East summit Monday,

At the Gaza Peace Summit, Donald Trump mistakenly called Canadian PM Mark Carney 'President', prompting laughter. Mark Carney joked back, and Trump quipped about Justin Trudeau.

The ‘Summit for Peace’ comes as Israel began releasing Palestinian prisoners and Hamas released the 20 remaining living hostages

EGYPTIAN THANKSGIVING — Prime Minister MARK CARNEY pulled the plug on his holiday plans and jetted to the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to join President DONALD TRUMP and European and Middle East leaders for a peace summit to oversee the end of the war in Gaza that started Oct. 7, 2023 with the brazen Hamas attack on Israel.

In the statement, Carney praised Trump's leadership in advancing the peace plan and called on all parties to implement the terms of the ceasefire.

U.S. President Donald Trump embarked on a whirlwind trip to the Middle East on Monday to cement the end of the war between Israel and Hamas, and to reaffirm his ambitions to usher in peace between the two.