A Yemeni protester raises a poster of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a march to protest Iranian attacks on Saudi Arabia in Taiz, Yemen, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdulnasser Alseddik)
Carney accepts invitation to visit Saudi Arabia ‘in the future’ amid diplomatic thaw
Apr 29, 2026 | 3:33 PM
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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says he plans to visit Saudi Arabia “in the future” after being invited by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
The visit would be the first by a sitting Canadian prime minister in at least two decades and the invitation follows a gradual thaw in bilateral relations after years of diplomatic strain.
In May 2023, Canada and Saudi Arabia appointed ambassadors and agreed to move past a 2018 dispute which started when the Trudeau government criticized the kingdom’s justice system and its treatment of women.
Carney has made the Persian Gulf region a focus of his efforts to drum up investment through visits over the past year to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
