On Wednesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated that following the US’s warning regarding the assassination plot, India’s stance toward Canada had changed.
According to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the Pannun “murder” controversy has changed the tone of relations with India. Earlier this year, the leader of Canada caused a diplomatic rift by declaring that his nation was investigating “credible allegations” that connected Indian government operatives to the assassination of Sikh separatist chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar. The statements also follow claims that a Sikh separatist leader was the target of a plot to have an Indian official killed on US soil.
I believe there is a growing realization that they cannot win this by threats, and they are willing to work together in a way that they may not have been in the past. There’s a consensus that, well, maybe launching constant attacks against Canada isn’t going to solve the issue,” Trudeau said in a recent interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
Indian officials called the Canadian leader’s claims “absurd,” and in the weeks that followed, a number of diplomats were expelled.
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“I believe that everyone is aware that we in India are extremely responsible and cautious in everything we do. The problem for us has always been upholding that.” We are always willing to consider any country’s concerns, not just Canadian ones, if they provide us with information or a foundation for their worries.Therefore, we have truly informed Canadians that, in my opinion, it is up to them to decide whether or not they want us to investigate it further,” External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar stated last week.
Without much success, Canadian officials have pushed New Delhi to assist in their investigation into the June murder on several occasions. In
“The idea was that there are differences between the issues that Americans brought up. The Americans provided us with specific information when they raised that issue. These kinds of issues can occasionally come up in international relations,” EAM Jaishankar stated.
(Including agency input)
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