Porni Banerjee | ১৬ জুন ২০২৪ ১৩ : ২৫

Canadian prime Minister met his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Italy on Saturday and said that there was a commitment to work with India on some of the “very important issues” amid a tussle between the two nations.

“I’m not going to get into the details of this important, sensitive issue that we need to follow up, but this was a commitment to work together, in the coming times, to deal with some very important issues,” Trudeau said at a press conference on the last day of the three-day G7 Summit in Italy.

PM Modi, on Friday, posted an image on social media which showed the two leaders shaking hands and the caption read, “Met Canadian PM Justin Trudeau at the G7 Summit.”

This was the first meeting of the two leaders in south Italy’s Apulia since tensions rose between India and Canada, with the latter that alleged the former’s involvement in the murder of pro-Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

However, India’s External Affairs Ministry strongly rejected Canada’s allegations, calling it “absurd and motivated”. Their last meeting took place in India in September last year on the sidelines of the G20 Summit.

Nijjar was shot by two masked men outside a gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia. Following the allegations over the incident, both the countries expelled intelligence officers, reduced diplomatic personnel and halted trade dialogues.

Investigation over Nijjar’s murder is underway by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), which has arrested four Indian nationals so far in connection with the case.