WASHINGTON/OTTAWA (dpa-AFX) – During his visit to Canada, US President Joe Biden praised the neighboring country as an important partner. “We’re lucky to have Canada up north,” Biden said Friday in Ottawa at a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Canada shares the same democratic values as the US. Sometimes people have different opinions, but basically they agree, says Biden.
Trudeau stressed that Canada is coordinating with the US on how to fight climate change or how to deal with “changing geopolitical security contexts.” “We have no greater friend and ally than the United States.”
Biden and his wife Jill arrived in Canada on Thursday evening (local time) and then met the Trudeaus for dinner. After bilateral talks this Friday, Biden wanted to speak in front of the Canadian Parliament in the afternoon (local time, 7:00 p.m. in Germany). A joint press conference with Trudeau was also planned. According to media reports, Biden and Trudeau have reached an asylum deal that will close an illegal border crossing between the two countries. It is Biden’s first visit to Canada since taking office in January 2021.
