India is the fifth largest financial system on the earth and it’s central to a quantity of vital world supply chains, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has mentioned, arguing that the management of the nation must be part of discussions on the upcoming G7 summit.
Mr. Carney’s feedback got here after some of his political opponents in Canada criticised him for inviting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the G7 summit in view of a probe into allegations of Indian hyperlinks to the killing of a Khalistani separatist in 2023.
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Prime Minister Modi accepted Mr. Carney’s invitation to attend the G7 summit throughout a telephone dialog on Friday.
Canada is internet hosting the G7 summit within the Alberta province from June 15 to 17 in its capability as the present chair of the grouping.
To a particular query on the case of killing of pro-Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in 2023, Carney informed reporters that it’s not acceptable for him to remark because the authorized course of within the case is underway.
The Canadian Prime Minister mentioned the G7 summit will deliberate on a spread of key points together with power safety, digital future, vital minerals and on partnerships in constructing infrastructure within the rising and growing world.
Mr. Carney recommended that he prolonged the invitation to Mr. Modi after speaking to different G7 member international locations.
“There are certain countries that should be at the table for those discussions,” he mentioned when requested why PM Modi was invited when there have been allegations of Indian hyperlinks to the Nijjar case.
“India is the fifth largest economy in the world; effectively the most populous country in the world. [It is] central to a number of those supply chains; [it is] at the heart of a number of those supply chains, so it makes sense,” he mentioned.
Without elaborating, Mr. Carney famous that India and Canada have agreed to proceed legislation enforcement dialogue.
“Bilaterally, we have now agreed importantly to continue law enforcement dialogue. There has been some progress on that…recognises issues of accountability,” he mentioned.
Canada’s NDP occasion slammed Mr. Carney for extending the invitation to Mr. Modi.
“This decision is profoundly troubling,” it mentioned.
The India-Canada relations hit all-time low following then Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations in 2023 of a possible Indian hyperlink to the killing of Nijjar.
In October final yr, India recalled its High Commissioner and 5 different diplomats after Ottawa tried to hyperlink them to the Nijjar case. India additionally expelled an equal quantity of Canadian diplomats.
However, Liberal Party chief Mr. Carney’s victory within the parliamentary election in April triggered hopes for reset of the connection.
In the previous couple of months, the safety officers of India and Canada resumed contacts and either side had been trying on the chance of appointing new excessive commissioners.
India had accused Trudeau’s authorities of permitting pro-Khalistani components to function from Canadian soil.
After Trudeau’s exit, New Delhi mentioned it hoped to rebuild ties with Canada primarily based on “mutual trust and sensitivity”.
Published – June 07, 2025 06:33 pm IST
