“As we speak (Saturday, Oct 11), the Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Overseas Affairs, introduced she is going to journey to India, Singapore and China from October 12 to 17 to advance bilateral relations and cooperation as a part of Canada's Indo-Pacific Technique,” the Canadian authorities stated in an official assertion.
Throughout her go to to India, starting October 13, Anand will meet Exterior Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Commerce and Business Minister Piyush Goyal to work in the direction of a framework for strategic cooperation on commerce diversification, power transition, and safety, in keeping with the assertion.
The journey comes amid the Carney administration's efforts to restore strained ties with New Delhi. Anand can even go to Mumbai to fulfill Canadian and Indian companies targeted on funding, job creation, and financial alternatives in each international locations.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney had met in June on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, in a bid to fix relations. Following the assembly, Overseas Secretary Vikram Misri described their talks as “very constructive and constructive,” including that either side agreed on “calibrated steps to convey stability again to the connection.”
The renewed engagement was adopted by the appointment of Christopher Cooter as Canada's Excessive Commissioner to New Delhi and Dinesh Ok. Patnaik as India's envoy to Ottawa.Final month, Nationwide Safety Advisor Ajit Doval met his Canadian counterpart Nathalie G. Drouin to debate deeper cooperation in counterterrorism, tackling transnational organised crime, and intelligence sharing. Senior international ministry officers from either side additionally held a brainstorming session to revive dialogue at a number of ranges.
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