OTTAWA — Canada and India named seasoned diplomats as their new high commissioners Thursday, as both gradually soothe diplomatic tensions over transnational repression and Sikh separatism 10 months after expelling each other’s top envoys.

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Christopher Cooter will be Canada’s new high commissioner to India. Anand’s department said Cooter has served as a diplomat for 35 years, including postings in Israel and South Africa, as well as in New Delhi 25 years ago.

India’s foreign ministry says it will assign Dinesh Patnaik to Ottawa “shortly.” He has also been a diplomat for 35 years, currently serving as New Delhi’s ambassador to Spain and previously as deputy head in London.

Both countries agreed to restore their top diplomats in June, when Prime Min

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