NEW DELHI: After the current go to by Canadian overseas minister Anita Anand, which noticed the announcement of numerous initiatives to improve the Canada-India relationship, each international locations stay in contact about extra. high-level engagements within the subsequent few months.These embrace a doable assembly between PM Narendra Modi and his counterpart Mark Carney subsequent month on the margins of G20 summit in South Africa and a go to by the latter to India early subsequent 12 months.Each leaders are anticipated to attend the G20 summit in Johannesburg on Nov 22-23. It’s discovered that the 2 international locations are already working in the direction of a bilateral assembly on the sidelines. The 2 leaders had their first assembly in June this 12 months when Canada hosted the G7 summit. India has additionally invited Carney for the AI summit it can host in Feb subsequent 12 months and is hoping the Canada PM would attend. “We wish an early go to of the Prime Minister to India. It’s a relationship we don’t wish to go downhill,” stated India’s excessive commissioner to Canada Dinesh Patnaik in an interview to The Globe and Mail.India and Canada additionally introduced throughout Anand’s go to that they might start commerce discussions.Modi additionally met Anand throughout her go to, in an indication of the significance India attaches to the connection. Nonetheless, India remains to be awaiting a response from Canada on restarting the free commerce talks that have been stalled in 2023, following variations over allegations by former PM Justin Trudeau that Indian govt officers masterminded the killing of a Sikh separatist and Canadian nationwide, Hardeep Singh Nijjar. “If Canada desires to start out negotiations (for a commerce deal) we might be more than pleased to hurry up issues, to do it in a quick means. You’re looking at minimal of $50 billion (bilateral commerce quantity) if we permit the right atmosphere for it,” stated Patnaik.