Modi and Carney pledge trade expansion, put diplomatic crisis in the rearview| India News
India and Canada on Monday firmed up agreements on critical minerals and the supply of uranium ore and finalised the terms of reference for negotiations on a free trade deal, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney pledged to build on the normalisation of ties by expanding trade and deepening security cooperation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on March 2. (HT Photo/Arvind Yadav) Carney is on a four-day visit to India as part of efforts by the two sides to rebuild ties that went into a tailspin in 2023 after former PM Justin Trudeau alleged Indian government agents were linked to the killing of a Khalistani separatist. The rapprochement began when Modi met Carney on the margins of the G7 Summit in Canada last June and the two sides later unveiled a roadmap to reset the relationship. Besides a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the mining and processing of critical minerals, India’s Department of Atomic Energy and Canada’s …
