At the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, the Minister will discuss India’s G20 agenda under the theme of “One Earth, One Family, One Future,” with a focus on accelerating progress to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2023. Minister Joly will engage with her counterparts on common challenges, including food and energy security, development cooperation, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, as well as effective multilateralism. She will address the acute challenges millions are facing around the world, which are compounded by Russia’s unjustifiable and illegal war against Ukraine.

“As the world continues to confront inflation, the rising cost of living and supply chain disruptions compounded by Russia’s illegal war against Ukraine, it has never been more critical for G20 and Indo-Pacific partners to demonstrate our resolve to make a real, lasting difference. Together, we must rise to the global challenges and build a better future for everyone. Canada welcomes India’s G20 Presidency and its leadership in organizing the Raisina Dialogue.”

  - Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs

• The G20 is the primary forum for international economic cooperation among its members. G20 members are the world's major economies and represent all inhabited continents. According to the International Monetary Fund in 2022, G20 members accounted for over 80 per cent of world GDP, roughly 75 per cent of global trade, and over 60 per cent of the world's population.

• Held annually since 2016, the Raisina Dialogue is India’s premier conference on geoeconomics and geopolitics; and brings together government officials, business leaders, media and civil society to discuss the most challenging issues facing the global community.

• The deep people-to-people connections between Canada and India are at the heart of our relationship. As of 2021, there were an estimated 1.3 million Canadians of Indian ethnic or cultural origin in Canada, and India is the primary source of immigrants to Canada.

• In 2022, India was Canada’s 10th-largest merchandise trade partner (total trade), and the relationship has been steadily growing. The stock of two-way foreign direct investment between Canada and India amounted to $4.6 billion (total book value) in 2021, with Canadian direct investment in India standing at $2.9 billion (total book value). In addition, Canadian portfolio and institutional investment into India reached $70 billion.

• The Indo-Pacific is Canada’s second-largest merchandise export market, after the United States, with annual 2-way trade valued at $266 billion in 2022.

Associated links

• Canada and the G20
• Canada-India relations
• Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy

Adrien Blanchard
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Adrien.Blanchard@international.gc.ca

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