Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to travel to Saudi Arabia, where he will meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the country’s de facto ruler, Carney’s office said in a statement.
Bin Salman is who the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in 2018 concluded had ordered the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.
Carney will travel to Turkey next week to participate in the NATO summit in Ankara, following which he will visit Saudi Arabia between July 8 and 10 for a bilateral visit.
“The Prime Minister and the Crown Prince will deepen the Canada-Saudi Arabia partnership across energy, critical minerals, defence, infrastructure, and investment,” Carney’s office said.
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The Washington Post reported that the CIA came to the conclusion that bin Salman had ordered Khashoggi’s killing after reviewing an array of evidence, including a taped phone call in which the Saudi ambassador to the U.S., Khaled bin Salman — younger brother of the crown prince — told Khashoggi to go to the Saudi Consulate to pick up his wedding documents and assured him that he would be safe.
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The Wall Street Journal later cited a U.S. official saying Khashoggi’s killing “would not and could not have happened” without bin Salman’s approval, and that the CIA’s conclusions on the Khashoggi killing were based on a thorough understanding of how Saudi Arabia operates.
In 2019, bin Salman told PBS that he bears responsibility for Khashoggi’s killing by Saudi operatives “because it happened under my watch.”
Carney’s visit follows high-profile ministerial visits to the country, first by International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu in January, then by Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon in February and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand in March.
This will be the first in-person meeting between Carney and bin Salman. Saudi Arabia is Canada’s second-largest trading partner in the Gulf region, with bilateral trade totalling $3.5 billion in 2025, Carney’s office said.
What will Ben do they don’t except homosexuality there.
Anonymous comment down below: thinks toronto star is the only left news. Probably thinks centrists are far right too lmao
Carney admires basic dictatorships like Trudeau. Carney will feel at home in KSA with the draconian regime there.
We have to be relatively nice to the thug Trump, so why not be nice to the thug leading Saudia Arabia?
@ George Kirichenko. If you ever visit KSA make sure to get a coffee at any one of the 183 Timmies locations out there
@ George Kirichenko. The funny thing with Canada and especially our media is that we have this “morally clean” way we like to look at ourselves as which is fine. We compare ourselves to Europe etc but our media nevera tells the comparative whole story. One EG we don’t have Embassies in Venezuela, North Korea etc. PM said in his opinion we should because having an embassy does not mean you condone. Sweden , Germany & UK have embassies in North Korea. Our media does not tell us when things we get high and mighty over our allies actually do.
@ George Kirichenko. I was being sarcastic. OUR future king was in KSA this Feb promoting trade. Our “likeminded allies” and countries that “share our values “ all are trying to do deals with KSA, China and India. We need to grow up as a country. The eu uk us all try to do trade with these guys.
@Pragmatism. KSA is an oppressive regime. Tell us how that lines up with Canadians values?
Carney likes to hang out with other Tinpot dictators as he admires basic dictatorships.
Future king of England was there in February this year. We should follow in our likeminded partners footsteps who share our values. Being pragmatic.
Hopefully they Khashoggi him. Orange man bad …Saudis good. Elbows up in me dumper
70+ out of control wildfires in Canada and about 325 more active ones.Would you take off on the other side of the world while your home was ablaze?
Carney wishes he could run a dictatorship and be an authoritarian Price like bin Salman.
Carney says he plans to be in Alberta for Canada Day. Just why? Either fly back to the EU for kicks & giggles, or stay in Ottawa and maybe try to accomplish something for eastern Canada. His hollow rhetoric and empty promises is neither wanted or needed here.
What is Carnival going to ask for a Boeing Jet from Saudi Arabia… he cannot come up with one original idea?
This PM travels more times in a year than he stays in Canada to take care of his own people!!
POTUS Donald J. Trump
Will Carney ship oil to KSA? Lol. Canada is the only G20 country in a recession. Great job Carney!
We have to be pragmatic in our foreign policy.
Sure lets trade with another country whos leader is a viscous thug. Human rights violations anyone? Murder anyone? Carney hangs with some ugly people. F*ck Justine Trudeau.
Carney makes deals.
But so does PP.
PP is handing out coffees again to anyone that will blare their horns outside hospitals all night like he did in Ottawa before they threw the idiot out for an unknown Libby.
@Dave:
Are you that crazy?
Not only are ALL newspapers in Canada Con except the Topronto Star, but most are actually American like the Sun and Post chains.
Another MOU that the LPC and their bought media can pretend is a deal
Anyone want to take some bets? Pick from wither A B or C, and if you get it right; Carney will give you his elbow up.
A. We agree to adopt thousands more Arabs to flood the country even more
B. We hand them millions of dollars even though our economy is in the drain.
C. Both A and B :)