Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on October 25 that the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, will visit Ottawa from October 26 to 27, 2026, to strengthen Canada's economic and security partnership with the United Arab Emirates, Canada's Prime Minister's Office said.
Source: Prime Minister of Canada (PMO)
“Canada and the United Arab Emirates have enormous potential to deepen our economic and security ties. Building on the progress we have made over the past year, we will turn that potential into concrete results — more trade, new investment, and greater certainty, security, and prosperity for both our peoples,” Carney said in the PMO statement.
Source: Prime Minister of Canada (PMO)
The partnership rests on two landmark agreements, the PMO said. Earlier this year, Canada and the UAE successfully negotiated a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) in a record 47 days. That followed the two countries' successful efforts to finalise the Canada-UAE Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA), which entered into force in May, providing greater predictability for Canadian and Emirati investors.
Source: Prime Minister of Canada (PMO)
With those agreements in place, and what the PMO called the UAE's historic commitment to Canadian investment and growth, the leaders will work to expand the partnership to new strategic areas, the PMO said: defence and security, energy, critical minerals, infrastructure, international development, space and advanced communications technologies, and quantum and artificial intelligence.
Source: Prime Minister of Canada (PMO)
The PMO framed the visit in its own terms — “in a rapidly changing world, Canada's government is focused on what we can control: building our strength at home and diversifying our partnerships abroad.” No new signed deal was announced in this release; the visit is the working step to turn the existing agreements into concrete cooperation in those new areas, and what it produces will be judged by the agreements and investments that follow, not by the visit itself.
Source: Prime Minister of Canada (PMO)