The Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, has arrived in Armenia to participate as a guest in the 8th European Political Community (EPC) Summit in Yerevan.

This will be the first time a non-European country participates in the EPC Summit.

Prime Minister Carney was welcomed at Zvartnots Airport by Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Khachatryan.

The 8th Summit of the European Political Community will take place on May 4, 2026, under the motto “Building the Future: Unity and Stability in Europe.”

The summit will be co-chaired by Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia, and António Costa, President of the European Council. Nearly fifty heads of state and government have been invited to take part in the summit.