BERLIN (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Tuesday that Canada has shortlisted two contenders for its new submarine program, with a German-Norwegian partnership among the finalists.

“I look forward, along with the Minister of Industry, Melanie Jolie … and the Minister of National Defense, to visiting ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems Facility in Kiel later today,” Mark said in a joint news conference with Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin.

(Reporting by Sarah Marsh and Riham Alkousaa)