Written by Shubhajit RoyNew Delhi | October 13, 2025 02:51 AM IST 3 min readCanadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand being welcomed in India. (Photo: X/@MEAIndia)TWO YEARS after chill set in India-Canada ties over allegations of potential involvement of Indian government in the killing of pro-Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Canada’s Foreign Minister Anita Anand arrived in New Delhi Sunday evening for the first visit as the Foreign Minister — in a step towards normalisation of ties.She will meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday, according to the Ministry of External Affairs.The visit comes almost four months after PM Narendra Modi and his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney met in Kananaskis, Canada, on the sidelines of the G7 leaders’ summit in June.Prior to Anand’s visit, the two sides appointed their High Commissioners — they were recalled after the ties were impacted adversely last year.External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on X said: “This visit will help build on the positive momentum in India-Canada relations by revitalising our bilateral mechanisms, deepening economic cooperation, and further strengthening the enduring people-to-people ties that anchor our partnership.”New Delhi is Anand’s first stop of her three-nation tour, which will take her to China and Singapore as well. A statement by the Canadian government earlier said, “Today, the Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced she will travel to India, Singapore and China from October 12 to October 17 to advance bilateral relations and cooperation with these countries as part of Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy.”During her visit to Delhi, it said, Anand will meet Jaishankar and Goyal, “as both countries move toward establishing a framework for strategic cooperation on issues such as trade diversification, energy transformation and security”.Story continues below this ad“Minister Anand will also travel to Mumbai…, where she will meet with Canadian and Indian firms working to support investment, job creation and economic opportunity in Canada and India,” the statement said.Ahead of the tour, Anand said in a statement, “For Canada to be strong at home, we need strong, stable partnerships abroad. I am building bridges and increasing cooperation with India, Singapore and China. In line with Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, I will be working to advance efforts to position Canada as a trusted, reliable partner of choice for Indo-Pacific countries and their economies.”Shubhajit Roy, Diplomatic Editor at The Indian Express, has been a journalist for more than 25 years now. Roy joined The Indian Express in October 2003 and has been reporting on foreign affairs for more than 17 years now. Based in Delhi, he has also led the National government and political bureau at The Indian Express in Delhi — a team of reporters who cover the national government and politics for the newspaper. He has got the Ramnath Goenka Journalism award for Excellence in Journalism ‘2016. He got this award for his coverage of the Holey Bakery attack in Dhaka and its aftermath. He also got the IIMCAA Award for the Journalist of the Year, 2022, (Jury’s special mention) for his coverage of the fall of Kabul in August 2021 — he was one of the few Indian journalists in Kabul and the only mainstream newspaper to have covered the Taliban’s capture of power in mid-August, 2021. ... Read MoreStay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:Jaishankar