PM Modi Meets Canadian FM; Hails Efforts To Bring New Momentum To India-Canada Ties | India News

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed optimism that Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand’s visit to India would further energize efforts to revive the bilateral partnership between the two countries. Canadian External Affairs Minister Anand met Prime Minister Modi in New Delhi ahead of his talks with Indian External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar later in the day.

Welcoming Minister Anand, Prime Minister Modi recalled his visit to Canada for the G7 Summit in June this year; During this visit, he had a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, which he described as “extremely productive”.

In the statement made by the Prime Minister’s Office, “The Prime Minister drew attention to the importance of deepening cooperation between India and Canada in key sectors such as trade, energy, technology, agriculture and people-to-people relations. He conveyed his warm greetings to Prime Minister Mark Carney and said that he looked forward to future talks.”

Following the meeting, Minister Anand posted on

Speaking after the meeting, EAM Jaishankar emphasized that India-Canada relations have made steady progress in recent months and noted that both countries are working to re-create the necessary frameworks for enhanced cooperation.

Welcoming Anand on his first visit to India in his current role, Jaishankar said, “India-Canada bilateral relations have been progressing steadily over the last few months. We are working to re-establish and revitalize the necessary mechanisms to take forward our partnership.”

After Prime Minister Modi’s meeting with Prime Minister Carney in Kananaskis, he reiterated his positive outlook, “As Prime Minister Modi stated in his meeting with Prime Minister Carney, India’s approach is to move forward with a positive mindset. You met the Prime Minister this morning and heard directly from him about our vision of cooperation and how we can best achieve it.”

EAM Jaishankar also touched on recent security dialogues, including the “productive” meeting between Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and his Canadian counterpart Nathalie G. Drouin, describing it as “an important first step towards enhancing our security cooperation”.

Further noting continued engagement between the two sides, he said, “Our foreign ministries, at the level of the Secretary and Deputy Minister, met on 19 September to review the overall relationship. Our trade ministers also held discussions recently, on 11 “October.”

Highlighting the potential for stronger ties, Jaishankar added: “When we look at Canada, we see a complementary economy, another open society that shares our values ​​of diversity and pluralism. We believe this provides the basis for a close, sustainable and long-term framework of cooperation.”

He confirmed that both sides are working on an ambitious roadmap to advance cross-sector cooperation, including science and technology, civil nuclear cooperation, artificial intelligence, trade and agriculture.

Acknowledging the presence of both nations’ high commissioners at the meeting, he said, “I’m glad that the two high commissioners have assumed their responsibilities in our respective capitals and are part of today’s meeting.”

Concluding, Jaishankar emphasized the shared responsibility of both foreign ministers to take forward this renewed commitment: “Our responsibility as foreign ministers is to lead the process of rebuilding our cooperation and to ensure that this process meets the expectations of our prime ministers and the interests of our people. This means not only taking the initiative in our own areas, but also monitoring and integrating interactions across the entire government. Four I’m looking forward to it.” We are working closely with you to do this, Minister.”

(With inputs from IANS)