The 3 nations are Five Eyes intelligence allies of Ottawa. Canada has been busy engaging allies for support on diplomatic row with India. Australian PM refuses to comment on the issue.
Diplomats have faced grave threats by Sikh separatists in Canada, including Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), it is learnt. Home ministry had extended ban on SFJ for another 5 years in July.
Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly says she had spoken with her Indian counterpart, S Jaishankar, and requested Indian cooperation in the investigation in Nijjar case.
Defending the expulsion of the 6 Indian diplomats, Trudeau said in a statement that the activities by the Indian agents were posing a threat to public safety in Canada.
India, Canada expelled 6 diplomats each on Monday. India says it has right to take steps in response to ‘Trudeau Government's support for extremism, violence and separatism against India’.
Top RCMP officers allege that Indian diplomats have been involved in major crimes across Canada, including collecting info for Indian govt that is then used to target South Asian diaspora.
The move came hours after the MEA said Ottawa told New Delhi that the high commissioner and other Indian diplomats were ‘persons of interest’ in a Canadian investigation.
India-Canada ties rocky since Trudeau last year said Ottawa was investigating ‘credible allegations’ linking Indian officials with killing of Indian designated terrorist Hardeep Nijjar.
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UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
Why did you mutilate Trudeau’s deposition? He was talking about the early stage last year when they started investigating. How can any country have proof at the beginning of any investigation? If India was not involved, it should have extended all cooperation. Instead quoting sn arbitrary selection of worfs is pathetic
elective
In fact, non-journalists like us are better off than incompetent article writers.
Whether Canada has solid evidence against Indian govt officials is simply immaterial.
What matters is that Canada has received the green signal from USA to go hammer and tongs at India on this issue. It is US approval which has resulted in Canada making wild allegations targeting Indian diplomats, the RAW chief, the NSA Ajit Doval and the HM Amit Shah.
It’s basically an ideological battle playing out through a proxy. The US Democrats have always hated the Modi/Shah duo and the Hindutva ideology of BJP/RSS. The Canadian Liberals led by Trudeau shares this hatred with his US counterparts.
By Trudeau’s own admission, it was US intelligence input to Canada (as part of Five Eyes) which made Canada suspect Indian involvement in Nijjar’s murder.
So, basically, the US has let loose it’s pet dog, the Canadians, on India.
US frustration with India also stems from the fact that India has refused to condemn Russia so far and continues to have close military and economic ties with Russia.
Why did you mutilate Trudeau’s deposition? He was talking about the early stage last year when they started investigating. How can any country have proof at the beginning of any investigation? If India was not involved, it should have extended all cooperation. Instead quoting sn arbitrary selection of worfs is pathetic
elective
In fact, non-journalists like us are better off than incompetent article writers.
Whether Canada has solid evidence against Indian govt officials is simply immaterial.
What matters is that Canada has received the green signal from USA to go hammer and tongs at India on this issue. It is US approval which has resulted in Canada making wild allegations targeting Indian diplomats, the RAW chief, the NSA Ajit Doval and the HM Amit Shah.
It’s basically an ideological battle playing out through a proxy. The US Democrats have always hated the Modi/Shah duo and the Hindutva ideology of BJP/RSS. The Canadian Liberals led by Trudeau shares this hatred with his US counterparts.
By Trudeau’s own admission, it was US intelligence input to Canada (as part of Five Eyes) which made Canada suspect Indian involvement in Nijjar’s murder.
So, basically, the US has let loose it’s pet dog, the Canadians, on India.
US frustration with India also stems from the fact that India has refused to condemn Russia so far and continues to have close military and economic ties with Russia.