Anita Anand: Canada foreign minister meets Indian PM Modi amid thawing ties

Canada's foreign minister visits Delhi as the sides restore ties strained by a murder on Canadian soil.

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Canada's Foreign Minister Anita Anand, making her first official visit to India, met her counterpart S Jaishankar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Modi told her the visit would strengthen "efforts to impart new momentum" to the two countries' partnership.

Relations hit rock bottom in 2023 when Canada's then PM Justin Trudeau accused India of being linked to the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, claims Delhi denied. Both countries suspended visa services and expelled each other's top diplomats.

Canada is home to nearly 1.7 million people of Indian origin and the developments were being watched anxiously in both countries.