India, June 18 -- In a breakthrough meeting on the margins of the G7 leaders' summit on Tuesday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his host and Canadian counterpart Mark Carney agreed to renew relations that have been troubled for over 20 months. Both countries have agreed to reappoint High Commissioners to each other's capitals.

Modi said that relations between the two countries were "very important." Carney said among the matters the two countries would "tackle together" are "transnational repression and terrorism."

Modi described the meeting as "excellent". "PM Carney and I look forward to working closely to add momentum to the India-Canada friendship."

In a readout, the Canadian PMO said they "reaffirmed the importance of Can...