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Justin Trudeau In India
India is an "extraordinarily important" economy and an "important partner" of Canada in a range of sectors including fighting climate change and creating economic growth, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Sunday. His comments at a media briefing came shortly after he held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G20 Summit. Asked about India's concerns over the increasing activities of the Khalistani elements in Canada, Trudeau said his country will always defend freedom of peaceful protest but at the same time asserted that it will always prevent violence and push back against hatred. He also said that the actions of the few do not represent the entire community or Canada. "India is an extraordinarily important economy in the world and an important partner to Canada on everything from fighting climate change to creating growth and prosperity for the citizens," he said. The Canadian prime minister said both sides will continue to look at expansi
New Delhi, 23 FebruaryAfter an eventful and controversial week in India, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met PM Narendra Modi here on Friday, with the two sides inking six agreements.However, the orchestrated bonhomie of hugs between Trudeau and Modi, and pictures the Canadian PM, his wife and three children, couldn't overcome in the frostiness between the two sides because of Trudeau and his party's support to Khalistani groups in Canada.In his speech at the joint media conference after the delegation level talks, Modi didn't mince words about the pro-Khalistan approach of his Canadian counterpart.Modi said those challenging India's sovereignty, unity and integrity cannot be tolerated. The PM said there cannot be any place for those who misuse religion for political motives and promote separatism.India and Canada signed agreements to deepen cooperation in higher education, information communication technology and electronics, intellectual property rights, renewable energy, ...
From bilateral trade to immigration, Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau talked about the growth potential of the Indo-Canadian partnership here on Monday in a townhall at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A).Speaking at IIM-A, Trudeau stated that while the Indo-Canadian bilateral trade stood at $8 billion in goods and $2 billion in services, it had the potential to grow, especially in agriculture."When you think of natural connections between India and Canada, especially in field of agriculture or pulses, where we have slight challenges. We are discussing potential of growth in pulses," he said, who is on a week-long visit to India.Following a visit to the Sabarmati Ashram, where he paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, Trudeau spent around 40 minutes at IIM-A for the townhall, where he invoked Gandhi by talking about peace and non-violence. "It takes tremendous amount of strength to be strong, without having to be aggressive, without having to pick fights, instead ...