Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Johannesburg on Sunday to hold separate meetings with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, signalling a push to widen India’s strategic and economic partnerships with both countries.

Both meetings leaned heavily on future-facing sectors, trade, technology, AI, defence, space and energy, while also tying the conversations to newer institutional roadmaps adopted in recent months.

India–Canada: trade doubling target, CEPA talks, defence and space

Momentum after June meeting

Modi said the two leaders reviewed the “significant momentum” since their last meeting in June 2025 at the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Canada, calling this their second bilateral engagement this year.

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