Kananaskis [Canada], June 18 : Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney held a press
conference as the G7 Summit came to its conclusion, where he answered several
pressing questions, including those on his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Answering a question on the India-Canada ties, PM Carney said, “In terms of the bilateral
relationship, I think the meeting today was important. I would describe it as foundational,
as a necessary first step, an exchange of views, a frank, open exchange of views around
law enforcement, transnational repression as two examples, an agreement to provide the
necessary foundations to begin to rebuild a relationship based on mutual respect,
sovereignty, trust.”
In his remarks, he noted that the two countries would work on appointing their High
Commissioners again. Carney told the media, “We will move to appoint high
commissioners again, and let me just finish by putting that in context, which is that there
are very deep ties of people and businesses between Canada and India. It’s well known,
it’s part of your point about where the relationship could go. And they are not served at
present by consular services in effect– certainly by high commissioners, and it’s
necessary to have that level of service as a basis on which to build out again in the
context of respect for sovereignty and to begin to realise the potential of the relationship,
and we will. We’re both committed to working towards that, but there’s a lot of work that
will need to be done.”
When asked about the case of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the Canadian Prime Minister said,
“We have had a discussion, Prime Minister (Modi) and I, about the importance of having
the law enforcement to law enforcement dialogue, which is cooperation directly; the
importance of addressing transnational repression as I noted, when we met, and
obviously there is a judicial process that’s underway and I need to be careful about
further commentary.”
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