India, Oct. 23 -- India has extended an invitation to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to visit New Delhi early next year for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a move that could open the door to a wide-ranging economic and free-trade partnership, The Globe and Mail reported.

Dinesh Kumar Patnaik, India's new high commissioner to Canada, told the newspaper that both countries are making a "sincere effort" to mend strained diplomatic ties and focus on trade and investment amid ongoing tariff tensions with the United States.

"Bilateral trade could exceed $50 billion annually if a far-reaching deal is reached," he said. "We want an early visit of the Prime Minister to India. It is a relationship we do not want to go downhill."

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