ABU DHABI — Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived Wednesday in Abu Dhabi to seek more ties with the United Arab Emirates in fields like artificial intelligence — just as the country stands accused of helping to fuel a genocide in Sudan.

Carney’s visit to the UAE, the first by a sitting Canadian prime minister since 1983, is not expected to include a press conference. His Emirati hosts have barred media from the bilateral meetings that most countries make open to visiting foreign press during high-level visits.

UAE Industry Minister Sultan al-Jaber staged a grand entry for Carney, who disembarked from his plane into a brightly lit hallway flanked by uniformed soldiers holding guns.

The pair walked down the hallway to a large, rounded room where they were served tea by men in traditional clo

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