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(Bloomberg) — Canada has invited Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to attend the Group of Seven summit, according to a person familiar with the matter, in another sign of a new approach to foreign policy under Prime Minister Mark Carney.
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MBS, as the de facto Saudi leader is known, was invited to last year’s G-7 in Italy but wasn’t able to attend. It’s not yet clear whether he’ll join this year’s event, which begins Sunday in Kananaskis, Alberta.
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Canada and Saudi Arabia went through a long period of strained diplomatic ties after the government of Justin Trudeau criticized the kingdom’s treatment of human rights activists, which resulted in the expulsion of Canada’s ambassador in Riyadh in August 2018. That was only months before the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at a Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Canada and Saudi Arabia eventually restored diplomatic relations in 2023.
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The move is the latest effort from Carney, who took over as prime minister in March, to ease tensions with several nations that had seen diplomatic relations fray under Trudeau.
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Carney also invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the G-7 summit, a decision that has been controversial in Canada because the government has accused India of being behind acts of criminal harassment and violence against Canadians, including the 2023 killing of a Canadian Sikh activist in British Columbia.
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The Canadian prime minister also spoke with Chinese Premier Li Qiang last week. The two covered a range of topics including trade, fentanyl and efforts to make communication between the two countries more regular, the Canadian government said in a statement.
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