Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is all set for his 7-day trip to India starting Saturday, which is aimed at further boosting strategic ties with a focus on defence and counter-terror cooperation.
- Trudeau will visit Agra, Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Amritsar. Officials said Trudeau's visit to Gujarat will be first by a Canadian prime minister.
- He will engage with youth and visit several landmarks, including the Taj Mahal, the Jama Masjid, and Swaminarayan Akshardham.
- On February 20, he will visit Mumbai where he will hold meetings with top business leaders and meet representatives of Indian Film industry to explore various opportunities in the field of cinema.
- Trudeau is scheduled to visit Jama Masjid and a cricket ground on February 22 in the national capital.
- He will hold wide-ranging talks with PM Modi on February 23, 2018.
- Canadian Prime Minister will visit the Golden Temple on February 21.
- The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will deliver a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) on February 19.
- National Security Advisers of the two countries prepared the ground for PM Trudeau and PM Modi to intensify defence and security cooperation. India's concerns over Sikh radicalism in Canada are understood to have figured in the meeting held a couple days back.