That India-Canada relations have overcome the sharp dip that occurred following former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his administration’s allegations of Indian official agents being involved in the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June 2023 has once again been demonstrated by the visit of Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand to Delhi on October 13-15. During her visit Anand held talks with her counterpart S Jaishankar and was also received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A Canadian readout of Anand’s meeting with Modi stated that she “highlighted the significant progress made on the Canada-India joint roadmap and discussed ways to deepen cooperation between Canada and India in key areas of shared interest, including energy, education, culture and technology. It went on to note that the two leaders “... also welcomed the bilateral security dialogue that took place in India last week as part of ongoing security and law enforcement engagement at the National Security Advisor level”. Further that Modi and Anand “discussed the importance of concluding a comprehensive economic partnership agreement by the end of the year…”.

The Ministry of External Affairs account of Anand’s meeting with Modi largely agreed with the Canadian version but was more expansive. It stated that the two leaders “discussed ongoing efforts to strengthen bilateral ties and expand cooperation in areas of mutual interest, including trade, science and........

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