Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is in India, marking the primary visit by a Canadian cabinet minister after two years of diplomatic strain.
Anand will address media this morning after meeting along with her Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Recent Delhi and with plans to fulfill business leaders in Mumbai.
On Monday Anand met with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying in an announcement the meeting was about constructing on the momentum gained earlier this summer when Modi was visiting Canada on the G7 summit and met Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Anand also released a joint statement Monday with Jashankar, offering a road map to a stronger trade partnership between the 2 countries, once more reviving discussions which have began and stalled at various points since 2010.
Anand and Jaishankar say the meeting in Recent Delhi is constant the conversation from earlier this summer and can “take calibrated measures to revive stability in the connection.”
The 2 foreign affairs ministers say a “strong and resilient Canada-India bilateral relationship is important” amid ongoing economic uncertainty and rising geopolitical tensions.
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Anand’s meeting with Modi, together with Carney’s words along with his Indian counterpart on the G7, are clear signs of a mend between India and Canada.
In September 2023, the Liberal government accused Recent Delhi of playing a task within the assassination of a Sikh activist near Vancouver earlier that yr, and RCMP have since accused India of widespread criminality in Canada.
The chilliness began to lift barely in June when Carney invited Modi to the G7 summit in Alberta and each countries agreed to revive their top diplomats.
As a part of her visit, Anand also met with the Indian Trade Minister Piyush Goyal, who said he had a “productive discussion” last Saturday with Canadian Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu.
Sidhu says the 2 countries can collaborate on clean technology, agriculture and demanding minerals, while Goyal says trade and investment “needs to be grounded within the principles of mutual respect, trust and balance.”
Each countries have agreed to enter closed-doors talks about security concerns, which Canadian officials have said are showing progress in managing concerns about transnational repression without those issues dominating the connection.
Sidhu’s briefing binder, prepared by Global Affairs Canada in May, notes that India has contributed to the issues in the worldwide trading order that Canada relies on, particularly on rules outlined by the World Trade Organization.
“Negotiations of major interest equivalent to agriculture have long been stalemated. A handful of obstructive members, led by India, routinely block outcomes negotiated and desired by most members,” the binder reads.
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