Canada, India agrees to resume diplomatic services after leaders meet at G7-National
Canada and India have agreed to appoint a new high commissioner and resume regular diplomatic services for citizens of both countries, after Prime Minister Mark Carney and Prime Minister Narendra Modi met at the G7 summit in Alberta.
The Prime Minister's Office confirmed the move to read the meeting on Tuesday.
Last fall, Canada expelled six Indian diplomats and consular officials after reports that law enforcement linked Indian government agents to targeted campaigns targeted Canadian citizens.
India has been selected by Canadian intelligence officials as a prolific perpetrator of Canadian foreign intervention, including transnational repression, a question raised by the G7 leaders in one of several joint statements issued by the summit.
When their bilateral meeting began, Carney said it was “a great honor” to host Modi on the G7.
“This proves the importance of your country to your country, the importance of leadership and the problems we seek to solve together,” Carney said.
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Modi said through an interpreter that he believes joining the G7 summit is an excellent opportunity to serve the world's good.
“I believe that India and Canada's relations are very important, and India and Canada should work together,” Modi said. He pointed out that both countries represent democratic values.
Carney invited Modi to attend the summit with many world leaders who are not part of the G7. Modi's visit sparked loud protests from Sikh separatist groups.
In 2023 and 2024, former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said there was evidence that the Indian government agents were murdered with Canadian Sikh separatist activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, British Columbia in June 2023.
Last October, RCMP Chief Mike Duheme said police had evidence to link Indian government officials with other crimes in Canada, including blackmail, coercion and homicide.
The leaders of the G7 stated in a joint statement that they were “deeply concerned about the reporting of transnational repression”, which was defined in the statement as a radical form of foreign intervention in which states or their agents attempted to intimidate, harass, hurt or force people outside their borders.
The statement condemns all forms of transnational repression, which may include a range of activities ranging from assassination to online surveillance.
It requires member states to report reports on transnational repression in the public report of the G7 Rapid Response Mechanism and to develop a framework to cooperate in response to such activities.
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