Indian Prime Minister Modi posted on the 6th that he thanked Canadian Prime Minister Kahni for inviting him to attend the G7 summit held in Canada. According to the Times of India, Modi said he would go to attend the meeting.
All national leaders of G7 member states are expected to attend. According to Canadian news agency, Canada also invited leaders from South Africa, Ukraine and Australia to attend the summit.
Modi, who has been invited to participate in each G7 summit since 2019, has not received an invitation from Canada before 6 days, which has attracted the attention of media from many countries. It is reported that relations between Canada and India have become tense after former Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau accused India of alleged assassination of Sikh Nijar in the country, but India has denied the allegation. Canada's previous failure to invite Modi has also caused some controversy.
Nagibra, vice president of the Canadian think tank Asia Pacific Foundation, wrote in the Canadian Globe and Mail that Canada should invite Modi to the G7 summit. Najibra said some people in Canada believe that Canada should keep a distance from India before the investigation into Nijar's murder is completed, but this ignores Canada's interests and the credibility of the G7, and inviting Modi is not a concession for Canada, but a strategic necessity. Najibla said that despite the deadlock in trade negotiations between the two sides and political hostility, the bilateral trade volume of Canada and India exceeded US$14 billion last year. If India can participate in this summit, it will have a positive impact on economic cooperation between the two countries. She also called on Canada and India to establish a joint working group on combating transnational crime and extremist financing, which could not only address the concerns of both countries but also uphold Canadian laws.
According to the Hindustan Times, India hopes that relations between the two countries can be eased after Carney won the Canadian election, but in fact, there is still a long way to go to achieve this goal. Recently, Canadian Foreign Minister Anand had a telephone conversation with Indian Foreign Minister Su Jiesheng. Anand also expressed the same view in an interview with the media and said that the reconstruction of bilateral relations will be promoted "step by step".
Source: Global Times
