Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Canada's minister of foreign affairs announced a joint statement on cooperation between Canada and India after two years of chilled relations between the two countries.
Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand met with India's Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The two sides agreed on a roadmap to enhance cooperation in trade, investment, agriculture, science, technology, civil nuclear collaboration, artificial intelligence, critical minerals and energy. Anand is in India through Tuesday.
The meeting goal was to "take calibrated measures to restore stability in the relationship and to pursue a constructive and balanced partnership grounded in respect for each other's concerns and sensitivities, strong people-to-people ties, and growing economic complementarities."
Relations between the two countries stumbled in 2023 when Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed in British Columbia. Nijjar, 45, was shot multiple times in a vehicle in Surrey, B.C., on June 18. The vehicle was in the parking lot of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sikh temple, where he was president.
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