Delhi, Ottawa agree to return their ambassadors

India and Canada agreed on Tuesday to return ambassadors to each other's capitals, turning a page on a bitter spat over an assassination as Canada’s new leader welcomed counterpart Narendra Modi.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney, who took office in March, invited Mr Modi to the Canadian Rockies as a guest at the summit of the Group of Seven major economies.

Mr Carney’s predecessor Justin Trudeau last year publicly accused India of involvement in the assassination of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil and expelled the Indian ambassador, triggering a furious reciprocal response from India.

Mr Carney and Mr Modi agreed that the two countries would name new high commissioners, as ambassadors are known between Commonwealth nations, in hopes of restoring normal operations for citizens and businesses.

Mr Carney said he hoped the meeting would “provide the necessary foundations to begin to rebuild the relationship, based on mutual respect, sovereignty, trust.”