Ottawa, Sept. 20 -- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday in the French territory of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, in a symbolic show of unity and close ties between Canada and France.

The leaders will hold a working lunch and attend a wreath-laying ceremony at a memorial honouring volunteers of Free France, according to the two governments.

Macron is spending the weekend on the archipelago from Sept. 19 to 21 , located about 20 km (12 miles) off the southern coast of Newfoundland, before travelling to New York for the United Nations General Assembly next week.

Carney is also due to travel to New York on Monday. Macron's office said Carney will be the first Canadian prime minister to make an...