Drawing a parallel between Indo-Canadian ties and Bollywood romances, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper today said both the countries need to overcome obstacles quickly, as hero and heroine do, for building a stronger relationship.

Harper said at the World Economic Forum on India meeting at Gurgoan that the he stressed the need that the two countries have to work hard to overcome the obstacles.

Pointing out that the reforms taken up by New Delhi are increasingly expanding the country's economy, Harper said Canada attached great importance to relationship with India, but the two countries are yet fully exploit the potential.

The Canadian Prime Minister said the two countries are targeting 15 billion US Dollars in bilateral trade by 2015. The current merchandise trade is about USD 5 billion. He also said that there are already over 500 Canadian companies in India and another 100 have plans to enter the country. Mr Harper further said the two countries could have a great partnership as Canada needs emerging economies and India needs partnership with developed countries.