New Delhi: Recently, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, who was targeted due to interference in India’s farmer movement, called up PM Modi and asked for help. Praising India, he placed a demand for corona vaccines in front of PM Modi. PM Modi assured the Canadian counterpart Trudeau that India would fully support Canada’s vaccination efforts.
According to a press release by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Prime Minister Trudeau informed PM Modi about Canada’s requirements of Covid-19 vaccines from India.
“Prime Minister assured the Canadian PM that India would do its best to support Canada’s vaccination efforts, just as it had done for many other countries already,” the release went on to add.
While thanking his Canadian counterpart, PM Modi said in a tweet, “Was happy to receive a call from my friend @JustinTrudeau. Assured him that India would do its best to facilitate supplies of COVID vaccines sought by Canada.”
Canada’s vaccine woes
If the world managed to conquer the Covid-19 pandemic, it would be significantly because of India’s tremendous pharmaceutical capacity, Canadian PM Trudeau told Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Trudeau also praised the PM’s leadership in sharing this capacity with the world.
“We also agreed to continue collaborating on other important issues like Climate Change and the global economic recovery,” the PM went on to add.
According to the PMO, PM Modi and Trudeau also discussed several geo-political issues. They also agreed to continue the close collaboration between India and Canada in fighting global challenges like Climate Change and the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
“The leaders looked forward to meeting each other in various important international fora later this year, and continuing their discussions on all issues of mutual interest,” the PMO said in its release.
Relations between the two countries were sparked after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s made remarks about farmers’ protests against new agricultural laws in India. India had advised Canada to stay away from its internal matters. New Delhi summoned the Canadian ambassador following the Canadian Prime Minister’s remarks.
India had said that the statements made by the Canadian Prime Minister and some cabinet ministers regarding Indian farmers are unacceptable. It is an intervention in India’s internal matters. Prime Minister Trudeau had referred to the farmers’ movement taking place in India during a video interaction organized on the occasion of the 551st birth anniversary of Guru Nanak. He expressed ‘concern’ for the demonstration saying that ‘Canada will always stand in favor of the right to peaceful demonstration’. About 1.6 million people in Canada belong to the Indian community. A large number of them are from Punjab. There are about seven lakh Sikh population in Canada. It is believed that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a statement about the farmer movement for the year 2021 election.