2023-09-19 21:38:37
Diplomatic crisis between India and Canada: Trudeau asked to take the matter seriously and denied seeking an escalation of tensions (REUTERS)
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau denied that his recent statements and actions regarding India constitute a provocation or an attempt to escalate tensions amid the diplomatic crisis they are going through.
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Following the revelation of local intelligence services suggesting that the Asian country was behind the shooting of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia, Trudeau declared that “the Indian government must take this matter with the utmost seriousness” as “it we are doing” and insisted that with recent events “we are not seeking to provoke or escalate.”
Canadian Intelligence has “credible elements” that support these accusations and that will be shared “in due time” (REUTERS)
The day before, the official had announced the news that his cabinet has “credible elements” that involve India in the crime of the Sikh leader and Canadian citizen, last June.
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Although this evidence has not been shared, a Canadian official assured that “all evidence will be shared in due time.”
Already since the recent G20 summit, New Delhi rejected these accusations and called them absurd, which led to more crosses.
Since the G20 summit, India has been ignoring these accusations, which it called “absurd” (REUTERS)
On Monday, Canada announced it had ordered the expulsion of an Indian diplomat linked to the case. “Allegations that a representative of a foreign government may have been involved in the murder of a Canadian citizen here in Canada, on Canadian soil, are totally unacceptable,” said Foreign Minister Melanie Joly.
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For his part, Trudeau himself stated that “any involvement of a foreign government in the murder of a Canadian on Canadian soil is an unacceptable violation of our sovereignty.”
In response, New Delhi also ordered the departure of a senior Canadian diplomat. “The diplomat in question has been asked to leave India in the next five days” as a result of “growing concern regarding the interference of Canadian diplomats in our internal affairs and their participation in anti-Indian activities,” indicated the Foreign Affairs portfolio. it’s a statement.
Likewise, these events also reached the long talks for a possible bilateral agreement that the nations had been engaged in for a long time.
The diplomatic crisis also reached talks for a possible bilateral agreement that the nations had been engaged in for a long time (REUTERS)
A source familiar with the matter assured that Canada’s decision, on September 1, to interrupt negotiations, added to the postponement 15 days later of an important trade mission scheduled for October were closely related to this matter.
Sing Nijjar was an activist who supported the creation of a Sikh state, known as Khalistan, in northern India. He was wanted by Indian authorities on charges of alleged acts of terrorism and conspiracy to commit murder.
Sing Nijjar was an activist who supported the creation of a Sikh state, known as Khalistan, in northern India (REUTERS)
The Indian National Investigation Agency had designated him as a “terrorist” and in 2022 offered a reward of USD 12,000 for information leading to his arrest.
Although he denied these accusations, the Indian Executive often regrets the activity of this diaspora abroad, especially in Canada, where it believes it might revive this separatist movement thanks to financial aid and for which it accused the Trudeau government of doing the a blind eye to the activities of these nationalists.
(With information from Archyde.com)
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