加拿大与印度的关系在经历多年紧张后“绝对”有所改善，外交部长阿尼塔·阿南德表示，两国正寻求将合作从安全领域扩展到贸易、能源和技术。
Canada’s relationship with India has “most definitely” improved after years of strain, Foreign Minister Anita Anand said, as the two countries seek to expand cooperation beyond security into trade, energy and technology.
阿南德周三在新德里接受彭博电视采访时表示，双方正努力在今年年底前达成全面经济伙伴关系协议。她还重申，印度总理纳伦德拉·莫迪有可能在12月访问加拿大。
Speaking to Bloomberg TV in New Delhi on Wednesday, Anand said the two sides are working toward a comprehensive economic partnership agreement by the end of the year. She also reiterated that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Canada in December.
“这是一个多层次的复杂关系，”阿南德说，她提到了贸易、投资、关键矿产和能源。她指出，加拿大 Cameco 公司在3月宣布的与印度的26亿加元（约18亿美元）铀供应协议正是“我们在各个层面开展的工作类型，以确保关系一体化并持续增长”。阿南德表示，加拿大的移民收紧政策虽然对印度学生和移民影响尤为严重，但不应被解读为对关系的退缩。这些削减是一项“重新校准”，旨在确保住房和社会服务能够支持新来者，她补充说，移民仍然是加拿大经济增长的基本因素。
“This is a complex relationship with many layers,” Anand said, citing trade, investment, critical minerals and energy. She pointed to Cameco’s C$2.6 billion ($1.8 billion) uranium supply deal with India announced in March as “the type of work we’re doing at various levels to ensure an integrated and growing relationship.”Anand said Canada’s immigration pullback, which has hit Indian students and migrants particularly hard, should not be read as a retreat from the relationship. The cuts were a “recalibration” aimed at ensuring housing and social services can support newcomers, she said, while immigration remains fundamental to Canada’s economic growth.