New Delhi, March 2 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Canadian counterpart, Mark Carney, at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Monday to discuss strengthening the bilateral partnership.
Both leaders will review the progress achieved to date in various areas of the India-Canada Strategic Partnership. They will also assess ongoing cooperation in key sectors, including trade and investment, energy, critical minerals, agriculture, education, research, and innovation, and people-to-people ties. The two leaders will exchange views on regional and global developments.
Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Carney will also attend the India-Canada CEOs Forum this afternoon. 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.
Earlier in the day, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney ahead of the visiting leader's bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Following the meeting, EAM Jaishankar said, "Delighted to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada in New Delhi this morning. I appreciate his commitment to forging a forward-looking partnership."
Carney, accompanied by his wife Diana Fox Carney, arrived in Mumbai on Friday for his first official visit to India from February 27 to March 2.
He arrived in New Delhi on Monday. Following his arrival, he posted on X, "Arrived in New Delhi to meet with Prime Minister Modi. Canada and India are two confident and ambitious nations who want to build boldly together. We're forging new partnerships in energy, talent and innovation, and AI – to create greater security and prosperity for our peoples."
Carney participated in business engagements in Mumbai and interacted with Indian and Canadian CEOs, industry and financial experts, innovators, educators, as well as Canadian Pension Funds based in India.
Earlier on Friday, soon after his arrival in Mumbai, Carney described India as "the world's fastest-growing major economy" and expressed readiness to forge partnerships that will unlock new opportunities for Canadian workers and businesses.
Sharing a video of his arrival in Mumbai on X, Carney wrote, "India is the world's fastest-growing major economy. We just arrived in Mumbai to meet with business leaders – and forge partnerships that will unlock new opportunities for Canadian workers and businesses."
PM Modi last met Carney on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Johannesburg in November 2025, where he noted that India has set a target of $50 billion for bilateral trade between the two countries by 2030.
