New Delhi/IBNS: In a significant sign of improving India-Canada ties after hitting an all-time low under former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his successor, Mark Carney, has formally invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the G7 Summit to be hosted in his country later this month. 

Indicating that he will attend, PM Modi said Friday he is looking forward to meeting Carney at the summit, which will be held from June 15 to 17.

In a post on X, PM Modi wrote: "Glad to receive a call from Prime Minister @MarkJCarney of Canada. Congratulated him on his recent election victory and thanked him for the invitation to the G7 Summit in Kananaskis later this month. As vibrant democracies bound by deep people-to-people ties, India and Canada will work together with renewed vigour, guided by mutual respect and shared interests. Look forward to our meeting at the Summit."

Earlier, it was reported that PM Modi is unlikely to attend the upcoming G7 Summit amid a strained India-Canada relationship.

Had Modi indeed skipped the event, this would have been the first time for him to not attend the G7 summit in six years.

India-Canada ties

Relationship between India and Canada touched new low points during the tenure of former PM Justin Trudeau following the death of Khalistani leader  Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

A diplomatic row between the two countries began after Trudeau alleged India's role in the killing of the Khalistani leader.

In June 2023, Nijjar, who was a Canadian citizen, was gunned down close to the  Vancouver gurdwara.

Trudeau continuously alleged 'agents' of the Indian government were behind Nijjar's killing.

The Indian government continuously rejected all allegations levelled against it.

India and Canada expelled and recalled senior diplomats with ties reaching their lowest points at the end of Trudeau's tenure.

In January 2025, a Canadian commission, probing into alleged foreign interference in its electoral processes and democratic institutions, in its report stated that "no definitive link" with a "foreign state" in connection with the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was "proven".

The Indian government's position was vindicated by the report.

Canadian politics soon witnessed a massive change with Mark Carney taking charge of the Liberal Party and becoming the Prime Minister after Trudeau stepped down from the post, ending his 10-year rule.