[Global Network Report by Reporter Li Ziyu] According to Bloomberg, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand held a telephone conversation on the local time of the 25th to seek to repair bilateral tensions. The report said that this is the highest-level high contact between India and Canada since Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau took office.
Jaishankar Material Photo, self-media image from foreign media
The report said that Anand posted on social platform X, thanking Jaishankar for his "productive discussion" on strengthening bilateral relations and deepening economic cooperation, and expressed her expectation to continue cooperation. Jaishankar also posted, saying that both sides discussed the prospects of India-Canada relations during the call and wished Anand "successful term".
Anand Material Photo, self-media image from foreign media
In September 2023, the diplomatic conflict between India and Canada over the assassination of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar began to escalate. Nijjar, who holds Canadian citizenship, was shot dead in British Columbia, Canada in June 2023. In the 1990s, Nijjar immigrated to Canada from India and advocated independence for certain parts of India; he was listed as a terrorist by the Indian government in July 2020. The Canadian side accused the Indian government of involvement in this murder, which was denied by the Indian side. Both sides accused each other and expelled each other's diplomats, and India also imposed a visa ban on Canadian citizens.
On October 14, 2024, the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement requiring six Canadian diplomats to leave within a set period and decided to recall six of its own diplomats from Canada. On the same day, the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expelled six Indian diplomats on suspicion of involvement in violent criminal activities. This mutual expulsion of diplomats brought the relationship between India and Canada to a new low.
However, Bloomberg reported that Canada and India have taken measures over the past few months to ease diplomatic tensions, with both sides hoping to strengthen trade relations to counter US tariff threats. The report also mentioned that Trudeau's Liberal Party won the federal House of Commons election on April 28 this year, and Indian Prime Minister Modi congratulated him at the time.
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