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.

The invitation to Prime Minister Narendra attend the G7 summit in Canada was due and "had to come" with India being a big geopolitical power, Foreign Affairs Expert Robinder Sachdev said on Saturday."Invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the G7 Summit was due,