Overview
- External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will attend the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in Ontario’s Niagara Region on November 11–12 under Canada’s presidency.
- He is expected to meet Foreign Minister Anita Anand and is likely to call on Prime Minister Mark Carney during the visit.
- The trip follows October talks in New Delhi that produced a cooperation roadmap and the August reinstatement of high commissioners.
- Security engagement has restarted, with Canada’s national security and intelligence adviser Nathalie G. Drouin meeting India’s NSA Ajit Doval in September.
- Ties had collapsed after Justin Trudeau’s 2023 allegation related to Hardeep Singh Nijjar, while the Carney government has prioritized re-engagement in areas such as clean energy, critical minerals, AI, LNG, education and supply-chain resilience.