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)