Carney Meets With Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister, Offers No Comments

Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, meets with Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi in his office in Ottawa, on May 29, 2026. The Canadian Press/Spencer Colby

Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi on May 29 in Ottawa and measures were taken to limit media coverage of the event.

The handshake between the two men was initially supposed to only be captured by official photographers, as per the prime minister’s itinerary released by his office.