Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the G7 summit in Alberta later this month, an invitation Modi accepted despite strained ties between the countries.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney invited his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to the upcoming Group of Seven summit in a phone call on Friday, as the two sides look to mend ties after relations soured in the past two years.

It is PM Modi’s first visit to Canada since the bilateral ties nosedived under PM Trudeau following the Nijjar controversy. Modi’s visit provides an opportunity to both nations to press the reset butt