New Delhi: India sees Canada as an “open society” with “diversity and pluralism” which is the “basis for a close” and “long-term” relationship, explained External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, while New Delhi and Ottawa pushed for deepening cooperation in strategic domains such as civil nuclear collaboration and mining. Jaishankar met Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand Monday in New Delhi.

India and Canada have also prepared a roadmap to advance cooperation across a number of strategic domains including technology, artificial intelligence, trade, civil nuclear collaboration and critical minerals.

The thrust of cooperation outlined by the roadmap is on minerals and energy, as the two sides have agreed that “trade is a cornerstone” for bilateral growth. The joint statement released a

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