India-Canada’s Strategic Interests Absolutely Aligned: Envoy Mackay

Canada's High Commissioner to India Cameron Mackay on Thursday said that in spite the recent tensions, the strategic interests of India and Canada are "absolutely aligned", and he was encouraged by the continuance of bilateral trade and investment relationship.

Mackay was speaking at a seminar on 'India-Canada Business: The Way Forward' at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit in Gujarat's Gandhinagar. During the event, he said that this annual gathering of investors was a "great platform to reassert our business to business and people to people ties."

"In the past months it has been a time of some tensions between our two countries. It is no secret. But I am encouraged by leadership and vision of business community present here and outside the room to continue with trade and investment relationship which is in the interest of both of our countries," Mackay said, as quoted by news agency PTI.