Belgium’s prime minister was a little surprised on landing back home from Wednesday’s NATO summit in Turkey to find that he had a handgun and ammunition in his luggage.
According to Global Affairs Canada, “all official gifts are handled in accordance with applicable Canadian laws, security requirements and government policies.”
Carney said the RCMP deactivated the revolver, meaning it is no longer able to fire live ammunition.
“The next thing that went through my mind is this is something for the war museum or a CAF museum or something like that,” Carney said. “It’s interesting and it relates to NATO and the bigger picture,” Carney said.
Isn’t this pretty normal? World leaders give ceremonial gifts all the time, and its usually to the office rather than the individual
In Canada’s case
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