OTTAWA — India’s new high commissioner to Canada officially started his job on Wednesday at a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, following a series of high-level visits by Canadian officials.

“We’re getting signals from India that they are very much interested in rebuilding this relationship,” said Vina Nadjibulla of the Asia Pacific Foundation.

“It’s going to take time to rebuild mutual trust. It’s going to take time to find a way to work through the difficult national security concerns.”

India’s new High Commissioner Dinesh Patnaik was one of six new envoys at Rideau Hall on Wednesday, where they presented their credentials to Gov. Gen. Mary Simon.

At the ceremony, Simon noted that while diplomacy has changed since she was ambassador to Denmark in the early 2000s, the fundamentals re

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