Prime Minister Mark Carney, who took office in March, invited Modi to the Canadian Rockies as a guest at the summit of the Group of Seven major economies.
Carney and Modi agreed that the two countries would name new high commissioners, as ambassadors are known between Commonwealth nations.
The row had severely impeded diplomatic services between the two countries, which traded $9 billion in 2023 and have close cultural ties due to the vast Indian diaspora in Canada.
Modi took a conciliatory tone as he met Carney at the mountain resort, saying that both Canada and India were “dedicated to democratic values.”
He congratulated Carney on guiding his Liberal Party to an election victory and said: “I am confident that together...India and Canada will work together to make progress in many areas.”
Carney said it was a “great honor” to welcome Modi to the G7 summit but made a passing allusion to the domestically sensitive row with a reference to “transnational repression.”
Sikh protesters rallied on the streets of Calgary, the closest large city to the summit, as many criticized Carney’s inclusion of Modi, who is accustomed to invitations to major international gatherings despite criticism of his Hindu nationalist government’s human rights record.
“Continuing to engage Modi’s government without accountability undermines all efforts to defend human rights, transparency, and the rule of law,“ it said in a statement before the visit.
Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a naturalized Canadian citizen who advocated for an independent Sikh state called Khalistan, was shot dead in the parking lot of a Sikh temple in British Columbia in 2023.
India denied involvement in the killing and said Canada should take more action against violent advocates for Khalistan, which has been reduced to a fringe movement inside India.
The United States, which has a warm relationship with India, also accused an Indian agent of involvement in an unsuccessful plot against a Sikh separatist on US soil but addressed concerns more quietly than Trudeau.
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