India and Canada have agreed to restore High Commissioners to each other’s capitals. Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mr. Mark Carney on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Kananaskis and the two leaders reaffirmed the importance of India-Canada ties, based on shared democratic values, respect for the rule of law, and commitment to upholding the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity. They also underlined the need to pursue a constructive and balanced partnership grounded in mutual respect for concerns and sensitivities, strong people-to-people ties, and growing economic complementarities. Informing about Mr. Modi’s meeting, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said that both leaders discussed the mutual desire to strengthen India-Canada ties, which have seen recent tensions.

They also agreed to resume senior-level dialogues on trade, people-to-people contact, and connectivity. In the statement, the Ministry of External Affairs added that the leaders underscored the importance of restarting senior ministerial as well as working-level engagements across various domains to rebuild trust and bring momentum to the relationship. They also discussed opportunities for future collaboration in areas such as clean energy, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, LNG, food security, critical minerals, higher education, mobility, and supply chain resilience and reaffirmed their shared interest in promoting a free and open Indo-Pacific.