{"id":30878,"date":"2024-10-15T18:27:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T12:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=30878"},"modified":"2025-07-12T15:31:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T10:01:12","slug":"india-canada-diplomatic-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/15-10-2024\/india-canada-diplomatic-row","title":{"rendered":"India-Canada Diplomatic Row\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus :GS 2\/IR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India decided to withdraw its High Commissioner and other affected diplomats and officials from Canada.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/editorial-analysis\/25-10-2023\/india-canada-bonding-that-is-in-danger-of-snapping\"><strong><u>India-Canada<\/u><\/strong><\/a><strong> Bilateral Relations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Foundation of Ties<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/editorial-analysis\/25-10-2023\/india-canada-bonding-that-is-in-danger-of-snapping\">India-Canada relations<\/a> are based on shared values of democracy, cultural diversity, economic engagement, and people-to-people connections.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>High-Level Exchanges: In <\/strong>2015, PM Modi visited Canada, leading to multiple agreements.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In 2018, Trudeau visited India, signing six agreements in various sectors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>COVID-19 Cooperation<\/strong>: Leaders discussed vaccine collaboration and evacuation of stranded citizens.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>G-7 Meeting (2022)<\/strong>: The two PMs met to enhance bilateral relations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>G20 Summit (2023): <\/strong>Trudeau attended the summit in India and met Modi.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bilateral Mechanisms: <\/strong>Established dialogues in trade, energy, and foreign affairs, with recent consultations in 2023.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Security Cooperation: <\/strong>Counter-terrorism efforts under a Joint Working Group established in 1997.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Civil Nuclear Cooperation: <\/strong>An agreement signed in 2010 for peaceful nuclear energy uses, with implementation oversight by a Joint Committee.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Energy Cooperation: <\/strong>Expanded Ministerial level Energy Dialogue since 2018 to include renewables.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Space Collaboration: <\/strong>MoUs signed for satellite tracking and astronomy; ISRO has launched Canadian satellites.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Economic Relations: <\/strong>Total bilateral trade in 2023 reached USD 9.36 billion, with significant service trade.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Canadian investments in India exceed CAD 75 billion, with over 600 Canadian companies operating in India.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Exports<\/strong>: Pharmaceuticals, electronic goods, jewelry, seafood, engineering goods.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Imports<\/strong>: Minerals, pulses, potash, and chemicals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Science and Technology Cooperation: <\/strong>Multiple MoUs signed for research and technological collaboration.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Education: <\/strong>Largest foreign student <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/19-06-2025\/india-canada-ties\">demographic in Canada is Indian<\/a>, <\/strong>with around 427,000 students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>People-to-People Relations:<\/strong> Canada has a significant Indian diaspora (approximately 1.8 million), contributing to its economy and society.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cultural Exchanges: <\/strong>Co-production agreements in films and joint initiatives between Canada Post and India Post.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ICCR chairs established at various Canadian universities to foster cultural cooperation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Diplomatic row<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In September 2023, Canadian PM Trudeau alleged Indian involvement in the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, which India rejected.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>India advised its nationals in Canada and suspended visa services for Canadians.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Visa Resumption: Services resumed in specific categories in October and e-visas for certain categories in November 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Ministry of External Affairs said the \u201cunsubstantiated allegations\u201d sought to shift focus away from \u201cKhalistani terrorists and extremists who have been provided shelter in Canada\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Concerns were raised about the safety of Indian diplomats, stating that the Trudeau Government\u2019s actions contribute to an atmosphere of extremism and violence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Future Outlook&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Government of India strongly rejects preposterous imputations and ascribes them to the political agenda of the Trudeau Government that is centered around vote bank politics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;India indicated it reserves the right to take further actions in response to what it perceives as the Trudeau Government\u2019s support for extremism and violence against India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Source:TH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India decided to withdraw its High Commissioner and other affected diplomats and officials from Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30878"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47898,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30878\/revisions\/47898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}