New Delhi: Seeking to overcome their strained relations over the last few years, India and Canada have decided to take their bilateral relationship to the next level with plans to enhance security, defence and trade ties under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s third term.
In an exclusive interaction with ThePrint, India’s High Commissioner to Canada Ajay Bisaria said the countries are undertaking “fresh initiatives” in order to have “greater coordination” in a changing geopolitical environment.In September 2021, Trudeau won a historic third term as Canada’s prime minister. “With a new government in place in Canada, we are looking at fresh initiatives in the new year. We hope to move towards greater coordination between our two G20 economies and Indo-Pacific democracies. We can expect deeper economic, security and defence cooperation between India and Canada,” Bisaria said.
He also said on the strategic front, Canada is expected to release its Indo-Pacific policy in the next few months, which is expected to bring both countries closer in terms of a larger geopolitical alignment.
“The two countries share pretty similar views on the dynamics in the Indo-Pacific. India also keeps briefing Canada on its vision of the Indo-Pacific, given its position as a sister democracy in the region. Overall, both sides are looking towards a great deal of political, strategic and security convergences,” Bisaria said.
