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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared to forget Anthony Albanese’s name during an awkward encounter at the NATO Summit.

The Australian leader met with Mr Trudeau in Madrid on Thursday morning local time, with the pair shaking hands and posing for photos.

‘It’s a real pleasure to be meeting with ah … ah … a great progressive leader,’ Trudeau said as he stumbled and threw his hands in the air.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared to forget Anthony Albanese ‘s name during an awkward encounter at the NATO Summit

‘We’re really, really excited to have ah … ah, a friend in Australia. Australia has been a long-time friend’.

Mr Albanese seemed unfazed by the apparent slip up before Mr Trudeau saved himself and referred to him as ‘Prime Minister Albanese’.

‘With Prime Minister Albanese we have someone who we’re going to be able to dig into on climate change, on inclusive economic growth, on reconciliation, on a range of issues that we know our citizens want us to step up on,’ he said.

The Australian leader met with Mr Trudeau in Madrid on Thursday morning, with the pair shaking hands and posing for photos

Mr Albanese has been invited to visit Canada by Mr Trudeau, with the pair excited to work together on policies like climate change.

The Aussie PM said the meeting had been ‘very successful’.

‘We have very similar political perspectives and Prime Minister Trudeau has invited me to visit Canada. I’ve invited him to visit Australia,’ he said.

Last year US President Joe Biden appeared to forget Scott Morrison’s name, instead referring him to as ‘that fellow Down Under’.

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