New Delhi: Canada wants India to know that it remains a reliable and trusted partner and that the path ahead for bilateral ties is positive and productive, Canadian Minister of Indigenous Relations Rajan Sawhney has said.
Speaking at Chandigarh University in Punjab, Sawhney said Canada was keen to strengthen cooperation with India across trade, education, energy, research, critical minerals, and people-to-people ties.
Referring to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's proposed visit to India in March, Sawhney said it would offer an important opportunity to strengthen trade ties and identify new areas of economic cooperation, particularly as both countries look to diversify markets.
She highlighted the scope for collaboration between Indian and Canadian universities in areas such as energy, decarbonization, sustainability, artificial intelligence, quantum technology and agri-technology, stressing that strong institutional linkages were key to meaningful research partnerships.
Carney is expected to visit India in the first week of March. According to India’s High Commissioner to Canada Dinesh Patnaik, Carney is expected to travel to New Delhi to sign agreements on uranium, energy, critical minerals and artificial intelligence.
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Jaishankar, Anita Anand meet in US Washington: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held talks with Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand in the US capital, amid Ottawa’s push to diversify economic partnerships beyond the United States. “Great to see FM @AnitaAnandMP of Canada today. Talked about taking our ties forward," Jaishankar wrote on X. The minister was in the US capital to participate in the inaugural Critical Minerals Ministerial meeting convened by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. He held wide-ranging talks with Rubio, during which both sides welcomed the trade deal recently reached between President Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Carney has been making strong efforts to expand Canada’s global trade footprint beyond its traditional dependence on the US market. At the World Economic Forum in Davos last month, he called for middle powers like Canada to build new coalitions in an increasingly uncertain global order. The outreach to India is seen as part of that broader strategy. |
