Both Salmond and Marious stressed that their people will decide their own destiny, whether they want to keep the status quo or they prefer to attain their independence.
Marois and Salmond issued a joint statement that said the people of Quebec and Scotland have the exclusive right to determine their own future.
The statement also referred to the leaders’ determination to work on climate-change and renewable energy projects, and increase commercial ties.
Salmond is campaigning for Scotland to leave the United Kingdom in a referendum in 2014. And Marois’ Parti Quebec-cwa is the standard-bearer of the Canadian province’s independence movement.
The meeting was a chance to discuss economic ties and investment projects.
“Quebec and Scotland both have modern and dynamic economies which rely on key sectors such as financial services, energy, life sciences and tourism,” the statement said.
The Parti Quebecois won control of Quebec’s National Assembly in September, defeating the federalist Liberals who had ruled since 2003, but failing to win a majority.
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