PM Modi is scheduled to arrive in Canada by Monday evening, marking the second leg of his three-nation tour
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to arrive in Canada by Monday evening, marking the second leg of his three-nation tour.
His visit to Canada at the invitation of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to participate in the G-7 Summit is being seen as a fresh new chapter in the relations between the two countries
Under former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau India-Canada relations witnessed major hiccups, and PM Modi’s visit is being seen as a step towards improving relations that went south in 2023.
Carney, an economist and political newcomer, took charge as Canada’s PM in March. PM Modi received a call from Carney earlier this month, during which he extended the invitation for the G-7 meeting. The call was also an occasion for the two prime ministers to reflect and talk about India-Canada relations, how they can be taken forward, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told media persons last week.
India is not a member of the G-7—the grouping of seven of the world’s richest countries the US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and Japan—however, it has been invited to join the summit every year since 2019. India, which has been ranked at the fifth spot, in 2025 overtook Japan to become the fourth-largest economy in the world, according to International Monetary Fund data.
PM Modi’s three-nation tour to the Republic of Cyprus, Canada and Croatia is his first foreign trip after Operation Sindoor – India’s precision strikes on terror camps in Pakistan in the aftermath of April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 innocent people, mostly tourists.
