Canada hopes to improve ties with India: Minister

The rule of law will never be compromised. There is a probe going on regarding Nijjar's case. ANITA ANAND, Canada foreign minister

- Anirudh Bhattacharyya

TORONTO: Canadian foreign minister Anita Anand has said that Prime Minister Mark Carney's government looks forward to building its partnership with India as part of diversifying and building relationships globally, even as she acknowledged that pro-Khalistan figure Hardeep Singh Nijjar's killing continues to cast a shadow on bilateral ties.

She said Ottawa was taking the relationship forward one step at a time. "At the same time, we are looking forward to continuing to build this partnership, and we're looking forward to that as a government - it's not just me," Anand, an Indo-Canadian, told the Canadian newspaper Globe and Mail. Anand emphasised that the rule of law would never be compromised.