Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan presented every NATO leader, including Prime Minister Mark Carney, with a personalized, engraved revolver and live ammunition as the alliance’s summit in Ankara concluded on Wednesday \u2014 a gift that Canadian authorities have since transferred to the RCMP for decommissioning.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister’s Office confirmed that the firearm was not singled out for Carney alone but was distributed to all heads of government attending the summit. A BBC News<\/em> report described the weapon as a revolver, presented alongside live rounds to each of the alliance’s leaders as they departed the Turkish capital.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n No photograph of the firearm has been released publicly.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Global Affairs Canada issued a statement to reporters travelling with the Prime Minister, clarifying precisely how the gift would be handled under Canadian law and government policy. The statement left little ambiguity:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n “All official gifts are handled in accordance with applicable Canadian laws, security requirements and government policies,” the department’s statement read.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Once decommissioned, the firearm will not simply be discarded. According to a senior government official, Ottawa intends to find an appropriate placement<\/strong> for the weapon, with a Canadian museum cited as a likely destination. The suggestion points to a broader practice in which official gifts of historical or diplomatic significance are preserved in public institutions rather than retained for personal use or destroyed outright.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The episode illustrates the occasionally delicate intersection of diplomatic custom and domestic law \u2014 a tension that Canadian institutions, in this case the RCMP and Global Affairs Canada, appear to have navigated swiftly and by the book.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan presented every NATO leader, including Prime Minister Mark Carney, with a personalized, engraved revolver and live ammunition as the alliance’s summit in Ankara concluded on Wednesday \u2014 a gift that Canadian authorities have since transferred to the RCMP for decommissioning. An Unusual Diplomatic Gift The Prime Minister’s Office confirmed that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-world"],"yoast_head":"\nCanadian Authorities Act in Accordance with Law<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
A Future Home at a Canadian Museum?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n