Canada and India announced new high commissioners to each other’s countries on Thursday, in the latest sign of improving ties strained by former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegation that India was linked to the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada.

India’s previous high commissioner left Ottawa in October. Canada said he was among six diplomats expelled over the case of separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, while India said it had withdrawn its envoy. The same day, India ordered the expulsion of six senior Canadian diplomats, including the then-acting high commissioner.

Trudeau’s successor, Mark Carney, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to reinstate senior diplomats during their first bilateral meeting in Canada in June.

Canada’s foreign ministry said veteran dipl

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