At G7 meet, Mark Carney invitations PM Narendra Modi to go to Canada; each vow to strengthen relations | India Information
4 min learnNew DelhiJun 17, 2026 02:26 AM IST
A 12 months after they started the reset of ties on the G7 Summit in Canada, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Evian, France, on Tuesday. They agreed to strengthen cooperation in defence, data safety and vitality.
Carney additionally invited Modi to go to Canada by the top of the 12 months, as the 2 sides are engaged on signing the Complete Financial Partnership Settlement (CEPA).
The Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) mentioned in a joint assertion, “The 2 Prime Ministers welcomed the constructive momentum in India-Canada relations and famous with satisfaction the progress achieved since Prime Minister Carney’s profitable go to to India in March 2026.”
Reaffirming their dedication to constructing a forward-looking strategic partnership, it mentioned that the leaders underscored the complementarities between the Indian and Canadian economies and highlighted the significance of “resilient and dependable provide chains in strengthening world vitality and meals safety”.
On vitality provide, the MEA mentioned that the leaders reviewed progress in bilateral financial cooperation, together with developments in “industrial preparations referring to LNG, LPG and metallurgical coal”.
On the bilateral commerce pact, it mentioned that the leaders welcomed the continued momentum within the alternate of high-level visits between the 2 nations. They took observe of the latest go to by the Minister of Commerce and Trade, Piyush Goyal, to Canada and appeared ahead to the forthcoming Canadian commerce mission to India later in 2026.
“Either side expressed satisfaction with the progress in negotiations in the direction of a Complete Financial Partnership Settlement and reaffirmed their shared goal of concluding the negotiations in 2026,” it mentioned.
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On defence and safety ties, it mentioned, “To additional deepen defence and safety cooperation, the Prime Ministers agreed to launch negotiations on a Normal Safety of Info Settlement (GSOIA). In addition they welcomed latest exchanges between defence establishments, together with the go to of the Nationwide Defence School of India to Canada.”
It mentioned that the 2 leaders welcomed the strengthening of institutional engagement between the 2 governments, together with the latest conferences of the Joint Science and Expertise Committee and the Consular Dialogue. In addition they appeared ahead to forthcoming dialogues within the areas of defence, finance and migration. They famous ongoing collaboration underneath the Canada-India Expertise and Innovation Technique, together with initiatives to strengthen talent growth, innovation partnerships, and academic cooperation between establishments within the two nations.
Modi expressed India’s help for Canada changing into a Dialogue Accomplice of the Indian Ocean Rim Affiliation (IORA), it mentioned. They introduced the institution of Raisina Americas as a platform to additional strengthen dialogue, exchanges and cooperation.
“Prime Minister Modi thanked Prime Minister Carney for his invitation to go to Canada in 2026. Either side agreed to stay engaged by way of diplomatic channels to work in the direction of a mutually handy date for the go to,” it mentioned.
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This can be a main turnaround in ties after two years of hostility between the 2 nations when former PM of Canada Justin Trudeau had alleged Indian authorities’s “potential” involvement within the killing of pro-Khalistan separatist
Hardeep Singh Nijjar. India has rejected the fees, calling them “politically motivated” and “absurd”.
