India and Canada agree on a new route map for relationships

• India, Canadian FMS agree to deepen cooperation.
• Both sides seek to repair confidence after two years of tension.
• Underline the partnership to tackle global financial vulnerabilities.

India and Canada agreed Monday on a new map of their relationships after talks between Foreign Ministers in New Delhi, as well as the two countries seek to repair the links to the murder of a Canadian autonomist Sikh.

The two countries, both of which are trying to differentiate trade away from the United States due to duties announcements, have agreed to cooperate in areas such as critical minerals, trade and agricultural value chains, a joint statement said.

“The revival of this cooperation will not only create opportunities for improved economic cooperation, but will help to alleviate the vulnerable points resulting from the displacement of global alliances,” he said.

Nearly two years of stretched relationships

The statement came after Canada’s Foreign Minister Anita Anand met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and her counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Monday.

“Both governments agree on the importance of lifting the relationship,” Anand said in its original observations during a meeting with Jaishankar.

Relations between New Delhi and Otava were stretched for almost two years after then Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused New Delhi in 2023 involvement in the murder of a Canadian Sikh Separatist Hardep Singh Nijjar.

India denied Canada’s allegations of involvement in the murder and, in turn, accused Ottawa for promoting autonomous groups on its territory.

In June this year, Trudeau’s successor Mark Carney hosted Modi at the G7 Summit in Kananaskis in the Canadian province of Alberta.

India is the leading source of temporary foreign workers and international students in Canada, as well as an important pulse market such as lentils and yellow peas.

Canada hosts an influence of Sikh community. Indian leaders say there are some marginal groups where they are still sympathetic to the cause of an independent Sikh state called Halistan to be carved out of India’s Indian marriage.