India and Canada agree to shared workplan to guide bilateral cooperation on national security

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National Security Advisor Ajit Doval with his Canadian counterpart Nathalie Drouin.

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval with his Canadian counterpart Nathalie Drouin. | Photo Credit: PTI

In a archetypal since Canada accused India of being progressive successful Harjeet Nijjar killing, National Security Advisor visited Ottawa connected February 7, 2026. Mr. Doval met his Canadian counterpart Nathalie Drouin, Deputy Clerk and National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Canadian PM.

The sojourn was portion of a bilateral information dialog betwixt the 2 sides. The sojourn by Mr. Doval was up of Canadian Prime Minister Mike Carney sojourn to India successful March.

The 2 sides acknowledged the advancement connected initiatives aimed astatine supporting the information and information of their countries and citizens. They agreed to a shared workplan to usher bilateral practice connected nationalist information and instrumentality enforcement issues and to alteration applicable collaboration connected respective priorities.

During the meeting, Mr. Doval and Ms. Drouin agreed that each state would found information and law-enforcement liaison officers and that their respective agencies would physique connected moving relationships. This important measurement volition assistance streamline bilateral communications and alteration timely accusation sharing connected issues of communal interest to Canada and India, specified arsenic the amerciable travel of drugs, peculiarly fentanyl precursors, and transnational organized transgression networks.

India and Canada besides committed to formalizing practice connected cybersecurity argumentation and accusation sharing connected cybersecurity issues, arsenic good arsenic continuing discussions connected practice related to fraud and migration enforcement, accordant with home laws and planetary obligations.

Mr. Doval besides met Gary Anandasangaree, Minister for Public Safety of Canada connected February 6, 2026.

Published - February 08, 2026 08:22 p.m. IST

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