Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney greets Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi during the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, in June. The foreign ministers of the two countries are meeting this week in New Delhi and working on repairing relations between them. File Photo by Lukas Coch/EPA

Oct. 13 (UPI) — Canada’s minister of foreign affairs announced a joint statement on cooperation between Canada and India after two years of chilled relations between the two countries.

Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand met with India’s Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The two sides agreed on a roadmap to enhance cooperation in trade, investment, agriculture, science, technology, civil nuclear collaboration, artificial intelligence, critical minerals and energy. Anand is in India through Tuesday.

The meeting goal was to “take calibrated measures to restore stability in the relationship and to pursue a constructive and balanced partnership grounded in respect for each other’s concerns and sensitivities, strong people-to-people ties, and growing economic complementarities.”

Relations between the two countries stumbled in 2023 when Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed in British Columbia. Nijjar, 45, was shot multiple times in a vehicle in Surrey, B.C., on June 18. The vehicle was in the parking lot of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sikh temple, where he was president.

Nijjar was part of the Khalistan movement, which seeks to create a separate homeland for Sikhs in India’s Punjab region.

Then-Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused India of being involved in the killing, which New Delhi called “absurd.” Then India expelled a senior Canadian diplomat.

After the meeting in New Delhi Monday, the two countries announced a list of measures, including starting ministerial-level discussions on trade and investment.

“Reviving this partnership will not only create opportunities for enhanced economic cooperation but also help mitigate vulnerabilities arising from shifting global alliances,” the joint statement said.

Relations between the United States and India have chilled since President Donald Trump imposed 50% tariffs on imports from India in late August. Trump was angry that India continues to buy oil from Russia, despite sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

Thawing Canadian relations began when Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney took office. Carney and Modi had a meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Canada in June. In August, the two countries appointed new high commissioners to each other’s countries.

Anand and Jaishankar also met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session in September in New York. This week’s meeting was said to be a continuation of September’s meeting.

There are nearly 1.7 million people in Canada of Indian origin.