For the first time in more than a quarter of a century, a Canadian prime minister has visited Saudi Arabia.
In a series of statements released on Thursday, Mark Carney said he walked away with 13 new commercial agreements and memoranda of understanding (MoUs) worth $700m, spanning health technology, mining, infrastructure, and defence.
He called the two countries "complementary economies with shared ambitions".
Carney's trip followed his stop in Ankara, Turkey, for the 2026 Nato leaders' summit, which saw the alliance's foremost power and its president, Donald Trump, praise leaders within the Middle East region while berating traditional western allies.
As US-Canada relations have soured since Trump took office last year, Carney has sought to reshape Canada's dependence on its southern neighbour.
