India has agreed to readmit a full cohort of Canadian diplomats, two years after New Delhi forced Ottawa to send most of its envoys home, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said on Tuesday.

Anand is in India, where she met Monday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior government officials. She was invited to be the first cabinet minister to visit the country, following two years of strained diplomatic relations.

She said the speed at which the Canadian mission in India returns to full strength could help determine whether the two countries relaunch trade negotiations.

"The approach that we are following is a step-by-step approach, to be prudent along the way," Anand told reporters in a video conference from Mumbai.

During her visit, the two countries signed a statement outlinin

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