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Carney lands in Turkey as Armenian Canadians voice concern over the visit
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Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Ankara on Thursday and laid a wreath at the mausoleum of Turkish founding father Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. He meets President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, then business leaders in Istanbul on Friday.
Canada-Turkey trade each year
4.3 $ billion
Canada and Turkey trade about $4.3 billion a year, less than 0.3 per cent of Canada's total trade, and are negotiating a free trade agreement.
And us?
"We just do not believe at all that Türkiye is the right partner," said Sevag Belian of the Armenian National Committee of Canada, who fears Canada could revisit its 2004 recognition of the Armenian genocide.
— Sevag Belian, Armenian National Committee of Canada
The visit comes during a crackdown on the LGBTQ+ community in Turkey. The Prime Minister's Office said such issues are raised regularly in private.
