Jaishankar meets Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly

27 September 2026

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said India and Canada were preparing to take their relationship "to a higher level" after a discussion with his Canadian counterpart Anita Anand on the sidelines of the 81st UN General Assembly. In a post on X he described the meeting as a productive discussion held as the two sides prepare to raise the relationship. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney had said at the UN that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit Canada around December, and that Ottawa was making good progress in its trade negotiations with India towards a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. On the same UNGA sidelines Jaishankar met Venezuela's Foreign Minister Felix Plasencia Gonzalez and said energy ties were gaining momentum. He also met Belarus Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov and Mexico's Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco Alvarez.