Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be attending the upcoming G-7 summit in Canada next week. The Prime Minister was invited by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney during a telephone call.
Taking to X on Friday, PM Modi wrote he had received a call from the Canadian Prime Minister and that the two countries would work together with “renewed vigour”, guided by mutual respect.
PM Modi said he is looking forward to meeting Carney at the summit, which will be held from June 15 to 17.
“Glad to receive a call from Prime Minister @MarkJCarney of Canada. Congratulated him on his recent election victory and thanked him for the invitation to the G7 Summit in Kananaskis later this month. As vibrant democracies bound by deep people-to-people ties, India and Canada will work together with renewed vigour, guided by mutual respect and shared interests. Look forward to our meeting at the Summit,” the Prime Minister wrote.
The India-Canada relationship was jolted in 2023, when then prime minister Justin Trudeau had claimed in the Canadian parliament, without offering any evidence, that “Indian agents” were involved in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
The allegation has been rubbished repeatedly by India and Canada has failed to produce any proof since then.
The following year, the relationship worsened further when the Indian High Commissioner was termed a “person of interest” in the killing.
India dismissed the fresh charge as “ludicrous” and withdrew the High Commissioner and some diplomats while expelling six Canadian officials, including Canada’s acting High Commissioner Stewart Ross Wheeler.
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The invitation for India as a guest invitee for the G-7 summit to be held in Kananaskis, Alberta province of Canada could also herald the restoration of India and Canada’s diplomatic presence in each other’s capitals, where both sides expelled High Commissioners, stopped visas temporarily and cut staff strength drastically in 2023 and 2024.
