India, June 18 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney at the outreach session of the G7 leaders' summit in the resort of Kananaskis on Tuesday as New Delhi and Ottawa sought to reset bilateral ties after a prolonged diplomatic spat.

Modi was formally greeted by his host who had invited him to the global event, and they shook hands, exchanged pleasantries and smiled for the cameras, and the two were to carry on their conversations at a bilateral meeting later in the day.

Among his first engagements was a pull-aside meeting with the President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum, also an invitee for the outreach session. He also had a similar meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung.

A packed day of enga...