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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T21:37:10.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nPrime Minister Mark Carney says he plans to visit Saudi Arabia \"in the future\" after being invited by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.\n\nThe 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.\n\nIn 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.\n\nCarney 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.\n\nSince the U.S. and Israel declared war on Iran, Carney has put advocacy for Gulf countries at the centre of Canada's statements and has talked about offering support to Gulf states to enforce a ceasefire if one occurs.\n\nSaudi Arabia has maintained close ties with Washington despite U.S. intelligence agencies saying Prince Mohammed approved the 2018 murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi at a Saudi consulate in Turkey.\n\nThis report by The Canadian Press was first published April 29, 2026.\n\n_By Dylan Robertson | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved._",
  "title": "Carney accepts invitation to visit Saudi Arabia"
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