Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Thursday reiterated that there are “credible allegations” that must be taken “extraordinarily critically” as he urged the federal government of India to work together with his nation to permit justice to observe its course within the killing of a Khalistani extremist chief.
“We name upon the federal government of India to take this matter critically and to work with us to shed full transparency and guarantee accountability and justice on this matter,” he mentioned whereas responding to questions on the diplomatic row between India and Canada.
“We’re a rustic of the rule of regulation. We’re going to proceed to do the work essential to hold Canadians secure and to uphold our values and the worldwide rules-based order. That is our focus proper now,” Trudeau mentioned when requested whether or not his authorities will take any retaliatory measures following India’s suspension of visa providers for Canadians.
Tensions flared between India and Canada early this week following Trudeau’s explosive allegations of a “potential” involvement of Indian brokers within the killing of Khalistani extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on his nation’s soil on June 18 in British Columbia. India had designated Nijjar as a terrorist in 2020.
India angrily rejected the allegations as “absurd” and “motivated” and expelled a senior Canadian diplomat in a tit-for-tat transfer to Ottawa’s expulsion of an Indian official over the case. “After all, there are credible allegations that we have to take extraordinarily critically as Canadians and certainly as a world,” Trudeau asserted when requested if the proof urged by him was intensive within the matter.
Trudeau additionally mentioned that his authorities was not seeking to provoke or trigger issues. “There isn’t a query that India is a rustic of rising significance and a rustic that we have to proceed to work with, not simply within the area however all over the world. We’re not seeking to provoke or trigger issues. However we’re unequivocal in regards to the significance of the rule of regulation and unequivocal in regards to the significance of defending Canadians.
“That is why we name upon the federal government of India, to work with us to ascertain processes to find and to uncover the reality of the matter and to permit justice and accountability to be served,” he added.
On Thursday, India requested Canada to return down arduous on terrorists and anti-India parts working from its soil and suspended visa providers for Canadians, as escalating tensions between the 2 nations over the killing of Nijjar pushed their ties to an all-time low.
India additionally requested Canada to downsize its diplomatic employees within the nation, arguing that there must be parity in energy and rank equivalence within the mutual diplomatic presence. The scale of Canadian diplomatic employees in India is bigger than what New Delhi has in Canada.
