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Turkey and Canada launched a strategic partnership on Thursday, pledging to forge closer ties in energy and defence as global instability prompts nations around the world to reinforce their militaries and energy supply chains. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara as part of a two-day trip to Turkey, the fir

It's the first bilateral visit by a Canadian prime minister to Turkey. Canada and Turkey upgraded their relations to a "strategic partnership" as Canada seeks to diversify trade beyond the US.

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Joining Prime Minister Mark Carney on the trip are Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson.

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ANKARA — Canada is forming a "strategic partnership" with Turkey aimed in part at securing a free-trade agreement, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday after a bilateral meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara.

The National has obtained the full text of the Makkah Defence Pact between Saudi Arabia , Turkey and Pakistan after it was submitted to the Turkish parliament for approval. The text, which had not been made public when the agreement was signed in August, was confirmed as authentic by a Turkish source. Turkey's parliament must approve the pact before it becom

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Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson will join Prime Minister Mark Carney on the planned trip.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is travelling to Turkey on Wednesday for a three-day trip that experts say should show how his approach to international diplomacy differs from that of the previous Liberal government.

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Greece has rejected the approval by Libya’s eastern parliament of a maritime agreement with Turkey, saying the deal breaches international law and infringes on the sovereign rights of countries in the eastern Mediterranean. Libya is divided between two governments, one in the west, based in Tripoli and another in the east in Benghazi. The deal was originally