High Commission of India
Ottawa

Press Release

Telephone conversation between Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Canada

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on phone today with His Excellency Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada.

The leaders updated each other about the evolving situation related to the COVID-19 pandemic in their countries, and also discussed the possibilities of international collaboration to address the health and economic crisis.

They agreed that the India-Canada partnership can be a force for good in the post-COVID world, including for advancing humanitarian values in the global discourse.

The leaders emphasized the need to strengthen multilateral institutions including the WHO, and agreed to work closely together at various international fora, on health, social, economic and political issues.

Prime Minister Modi warmly appreciated the assistance extended by Canadian authorities in recent days to the Indian citizens in Canada, and for facilitating their repatriation to India.  Prime Minister Trudeau similarly expressed his happiness at the facilitation offered for the return of Canadian citizens from India.

The two leaders agreed to continue their mutual consultations in coming days.  They agreed that as large economies wedded to democratic values, India and Canada have a natural convergence on many global issues.

Ottawa
16 June 2020