Canadian PM Carney, Turkish President Erdoğan give a joint statement in 1st bilateral meeting | LIVE

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Turkey on Thursday to kick off a three-day trip aimed at deepening political and economic ties with the NATO ally and is expected to present a joint statement with Turkey's president. Carney met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, in what the Prime Minister’s Office says will be the first bilateral visit by a Canadian prime minister to Turkey. Shortly after landing on Thursday, Carney laid a wreath at the mausoleum of Turkish founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Canada and Turkey do about $4 billion in trade annually and formally launched talks to pursue a free-trade pact on (Source: Global News | Region: Ottawa, Canada)