Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand met with Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Oct. 30 in Atlanta to continue to deepen bilateral relations and advance Canada-India joint roadmap priorities. The meeting took place on the margins of the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, according to Global Affairs Canada.
The ministers welcomed the increasing momentum in the renewed Canada-India Strategic Partnership. This includes Anand’s visit to India on Oct. 13 and Oct. 14, alongside other high-level engagements between the two countries over the last year, the agency said.
Anand welcomed progress toward concluding a comprehensive economic partnership agreement by the end of the year.
The officials agreed that a planned December visit to Canada by Indian Prime Minister Modi will be another building block in the ambitious trajectory in the relationship between the two countries. The ministers agreed to stay in close contact ahead of the visit, according to Global Affairs Canada.