India, July 3 -- After a hiatus of two years due to bilateral tensions, a formal delegation of Canadian CEOs will visit India this winter.

The last such delegation travelled to India in the summer of 2023, at a time when India and Canada were in the midst of negotiations over an Early Progress Trade Agreement (EPTA).

There have been no such visits since then Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's statement in the House of Commons on September 18, 2023 that there were "credible allegations" of a potential link between Indian agents and the killing of pro-Khalistan figure Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, British Columbia, three months earlier.

The visit will happen either later this year or early next year, Business Council of Canada (B...