Today, the Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with Minister of External Affairs, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, during her visit to India to deepen bilateral relations, discuss regional and global issues and continue to advance Canada-India joint roadmap priorities.
Minister Anand and Minister Jaishankar discussed the positive momentum in the renewed Canada-India Strategic Partnership, underpinned by sustained high-level engagement between the two countries over the last year. Minister Anand highlighted the importance that Canada places on India as a valuable partner, particularly at a time of geopolitical uncertainty. They reviewed progress made since the launch of the joint roadmap during Minister Anand's first visit to India a year ago and discussed ways to further advance roadmap priorities, including trade, energy, people-to-people ties and security and defence cooperation. The ministers discussed other geopolitical issues, including the Middle East conflict and the unjustified war in Ukraine.
The ministers welcomed the recent bilateral security dialogue held in India at the National Security Advisor level, where senior officials from both countries reviewed progress in bilateral security and law enforcement cooperation and committed to sustained engagement on security issues of mutual interest. The ministers also welcomed efforts to advance negotiations for a comprehensive economic partnership agreement and highlighted the Team Canada Trade Mission led by International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu as a tangible example of growing economic partnership and expansion of bilateral trade
The ministers welcomed upcoming high-level engagements between the two countries to further deepen bilateral ties and agreed to remain in close contact.
