New Delhi, Nov. 14 -- India and Canada have been seeking to stabilise their trade relationship this week, having held their first senior-level economic talks since political tensions disrupted bilateral engagement last year, India's ministry of commerce & industry said on Friday.

Maninder Sidhu, Canada's minister of export promotion, international trade and economic development, who visited New Delhi from 11-14 November at the invitation of commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal, met with his Indian counterpart at the seventh Ministerial Dialogue on Trade and Investment.

The commerce ministry said in a statement, "Pursuant to the direction provided by the prime ministers of the two countries during their bilateral meeting on the si...