G7 Summit: PM Modi meets Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of the G7 Summit here during which the two leaders took stock of the IndiaCanada friendship and agreed to expand trade and economic linkages cooperation in security and counterterrorismPM Modi and Trudeau are here at Schloss Elmau the picturesque venue of the summit in southern Germany to attend the summit of G7 countriesPrime Ministers narendramodi and JustinTrudeau meet on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Germany They took stock of the IndiaCanada friendship and discussed ways to further strengthen it across various sectors the Prime Ministers Office tweetedReviewed the full range of IndiaCanada ties during the fruitful meeting with PM JustinTrudeau There is immense scope to boost cooperation in sectors like trade culture and agriculture PM Modi tweetedThe prime minister also posted a picture of his earlier interaction with Trudeau and US President Joe Biden during the G7 SummitExternal Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the two leaders discussed bilateral ties and agreed to expand trade and economic linkages cooperation in security and counterterrorismUseful exchange between PM narendramodi and Canadian PM JustinTrudeau at Schloss Elmau Leaders discussed bilateral ties and agreed to expand trade and economic linkages cooperation in security and counterterrorism as well as P2P ties he tweetedThis is the first inperson bilateral meeting between the two leaders in over four years Trudeau had visited India in February 2018 during which he held bilateral talks with PM ModiThis is also the first meeting between the two leaders since Trudeau who had backed the agitating farmers in India had said that Canada will always be there to defend the rights of peaceful protests and had expressed concern over the situationHis remarks had angered India which summoned the Canadian High Commissioner in New Delhi and told him that such comments constituted an unacceptable interference in the countrys internal affairs and these actions if continued will have a seriously damaging impact on the bilateral ties Canada has a significant number of Indians mostly from PunjabIn February 2021 Trudeau reached out to Prime Minister Modi and requested a shipment of Covid19 vaccines from India which sent a consignment of Covishield to Canada a month laterTrudeau had lauded India and said that if the world managed to conquer COVID19 it would be significant because of Indias tremendous pharmaceutical capacity and Prime Minister Modis leadership in sharing this capacity with the worldThe bilateral trade stood at USD 124 billion in 2021 Over 600 Canadian companies have presence in India while Indian companies in Canada are active in the fields of information technology natural resources steel and banking The negotiations for comprehensive economic partnership between the two sides resumed in April 2022Canada hosts the largest Indian diaspora in the worldThe Group of Seven G7 is an intergovernmental political grouping consisting of Canada France Germany Italy Japan the UK and the USThe German Presidency has invited Argentina India Indonesia Senegal and South Africa to the G7 Summit in Elmau BavariaPM Modi is attending the G7 summit held in the Alpine castle of Schloss Elmau in southern Germany following an invitation by German Chancellor ScholzThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever