Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney landed in India on Friday for a visit he hopes would reset ties and double trade, offsetting the damage from his country’s fracturing relations with the United States.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is visiting India to reset strained ties and push deeper trade cooperation with New Delhi.

Canada and India are tantalizingly close to a 10-year multibillion dollar uranium supply deal that will likely be signed at a heads of state meeting in March.

Modi also referred to the USA cricket team and said, “America’s team has many players from India’s domestic cricket. The American team’s captain, Monank Patel, has played for Gujarat’s U-16 and U-18 teams. Mumbai’s Saurabh, Harmeet Singh, and Delhi’s Milind Kumar are all proud of the American team.”

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is making his first trip to India this week in his latest effort to diversify trade away from the United States and restore relations with the world’s fourth largest economy.

In a vindication of India’s consistent stand, the Canadian federal government has concluded that India is not involved in violent criminal activity on Canadian soil, a senior official said on Wednesday.

Report by a Canadian media outlet states that Ottawa believes that India is no longer involved in violent crimes in the country as Mark Carney makes his way to India for a key visit.

Evan Solomon attended the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi and also held a trilateral meeting with Ashwini Vaishnaw and Australia’s science minister