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Canadian Foreign Minister to Visit India to Advance Bilateral Roadmap with Jaishankar
- •Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand will visit India and the UAE from October 13 to 16 to boost cooperation in trade, energy, security, and defence.
- •Anand will meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in New Delhi to discuss priorities under the bilateral roadmap, marking their 11th meeting since September 2025.
- •Both nations are actively pursuing negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with a target to conclude the pact by the end of 2026.
- •Two-way trade between India and Canada reached $30.4 billion in 2025, with both countries aiming to increase annual bilateral trade to 70 billion Canadian dollars by 2030.
- •India and Canada are also enhancing security engagement, focusing on combating transnational organized crime, terrorism, cybercrime, and drug trafficking.
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Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand is visiting India and the United Arab Emirates from October 13 to 16 to advance bilateral cooperation across trade, energy, security, and defence ties. During her visit to New Delhi, she will meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to discuss priorities under their bilateral roadmap.
India and Canada are actively pursuing negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with a shared target of concluding the pact by the end of 2026. Two-way trade reached $30.4 billion in 2025, and both nations have established a target to increase annual bilateral trade to 70 billion Canadian dollars by 2030.
Canadian Prime Minister's senior diplomatic adviser David Morrison met National Security Adviser Ajit Doval in India to review security engagement. They discussed cooperation on law enforcement, including efforts to combat transnational organised crime, terrorism, cybercrime, human and drug trafficking, and extortion.
