India has agreed to readmit Canadian diplomats, Anand says
India has agreed to readmit Canadian diplomats, Anand says
India has agreed to readmit a full cohort of Canadian diplomats, two years after New Delhi forced Ottawa to send most of its envoys home, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said on Tuesday.
Anand is in India where she met Monday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior government officials. She was invited to be the first cabinet minister to visit the country, following two years of strained diplomatic relations.
She said the speed at which the Canadian mission in India returns to full strength could help determine whether the two countries relaunch trade negotiations.
“The approach that we are following is a step-by-step approach, to be prudent along the way,” Anand told reporters in a video conference from Mumbai.
During her visit, the two countries signed a statement outlining areas where they want to co-operate, including trade and artificial intelligence.
Canada and India expelled each other’s senior diplomats last fall after the RCMP accused New Delhi of playing a role in a network of violence in Canada linked to homicides and acts of extortion.
In September 2023, the Liberal government accused New Delhi of playing a role in the assassination of a Sikh activist near Vancouver earlier that year.
Anand said the reset of diplomatic relations with India will happen only gradually, starting with the re-establishment of Canada’s full cohort of diplomats.
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