Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, will pay an official visit to India from tomorrow until March 2nd. This will be Prime Minister Carney's first official visit to India. The Ministry of External Affairs stated that Prime Minister Carney will arrive in Mumbai on the 27th of this month. Over the next two days, he will participate in separate business engagements, interact with Indian and Canadian CEOs, industry and financial experts, innovators, and educators, as well as Canadian Pension Funds based in India.
Prime Minister Carney will arrive in New Delhi on March 1st. The next day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Canadian Prime Minister will hold delegation-level talks at Hyderabad House. Both leaders will review the progress achieved to date across various areas of the India-Canada Strategic Partnership. They will also take stock of ongoing cooperation in key areas, including trade and investment, energy, critical minerals, agriculture, education, research, and innovation, as well as people-to-people ties. The two leaders will also exchange views on regional and global developments.
Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Carney are also scheduled to attend the India-Canada CEOs Forum, which is scheduled to take place later in the day.
Our correspondent reports that this visit comes at an important juncture in the normalization of India-Canada bilateral relations. The two Prime Ministers have previously agreed to pursue a constructive and balanced partnership based on mutual respect for each other's concerns and sensitivities, strong people-to-people ties, and growing economic complementarities. The upcoming meeting between the leaders will provide an opportunity to reaffirm the positive momentum and shared vision of India and Canada in building a forward-looking partnership.