India, Sept. 21 -- Canada has said that a meeting in New Delhi on September 18 between top security officials of Canada and India was aimed at "advancing a relationship based on mutual respect."

Canada's National Security and Intelligence Advisor Nathalie G Drouin met with India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Thursday.

"With these talks, and the recent exchange of high commissioners between Canada and India to renew the diplomatic relationship, we are advancing a relationship based on mutual respect, the rule of law, and a commitment to the principle of sovereignty and territorial integrity," Drouin said in a statement released by the Privy Council of Canada, akin to India's Cabinet Secretariat.

"We discussed our respective ...