Punjab, Oct. 15 -- Narendra Modi and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke by phone on Wednesday, agreeing to turn recent momentum into concrete outcomes across trade, energy, technology, security and people-to-people ties. Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand arrived in Delhi the same day for a two-day visit.
How far this has come
Three years ago the India-Canada relationship had effectively collapsed. High commissioners were expelled, visa services suspended, and the public exchange was about an assassination allegation on Canadian soil. A phone call between prime ministers about energy and technology is not a small distance from that.
The two countries said earlier this month that they want a trade deal by December, three years a...