Global Indian Diaspora Alliance President HS Panesar has welcomed Indian PM Narendra Modi's upcoming invitation to visit Canada to attend G7 Summit and said it will give a crucial opportunity to reset strain bilateral ties between the two nations.

"As of June 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's participation in the G7 Summit, hosted by Canadian Prime Minister Carney, is being widely viewed by the Indian diaspora and global observers as a crucial opportunity to address and improve the recent strain in bilateral ties," Paneser told ANI.

"This G7 Summit offers a significant chance to move past the recent diplomatic chill, which largely stemmed from allegations made by the previous Canadian government. The invitation extended by Prime Minister Carney is seen as an olive branch -- a symbolic and strategic soft restart to the relationship," he said.

Meanwhile, Modi will visit Canada as part of his three-nation tour.

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In the second leg of his visit, at the invitation of the Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, the Prime Minister will travel to Kananaskis in Canada on June 16-17 to participate in the G-7 Summit.

This would be the Prime Minister’s 6th consecutive participation in the G-7 Summit.

"At the Summit, the Prime Minister will exchange views with leaders of G-7 countries, other invited outreach countries and Heads of International Organisations on crucial global issues, including energy security, technology and innovation, particularly the AI-energy nexus and Quantum-related issues," MEA said in a statement.

The Prime Minister will also hold several bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the Summit.

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, had formally invited Narendra Modi to the G7 Summit.

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."

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.