Vientiane, Laos:
India at the moment strongly rejected claims made by Canadian PM Justin Trudeau that “security of Canadians” was mentioned when he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Laos, on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit.
“There was no substantive dialogue between PM Modi and Prime Minister Trudeau in Vientiane,” sources within the Ministry of Exterior Affairs informed EDNBOX.
Talking about Khalistani exercise being inspired on Canadian soil, overseas ministry sources informed EDNBOX that “India continues to count on that anti-India Khalistani actions is not going to be allowed to happen on Canadian soil and that agency motion, which is missing to this point, shall be taken towards these advocating violence, extremism and terrorism towards India from Canadian territory.”
Cautioning Canada about rising extremism within the north American nation, the supply stated, “The rising nexus of such forces with organised crime, drug syndicates and human trafficking ought to be a priority for Canada as effectively.”
The Canadian Broadcasting Company or CBC Information stated Justin Trudeau described the assembly with PM Modi as a “transient change”. “I emphasised that there’s work that we have to do,” CBC Information quoted Mr Trudeau as saying.
Talking at a press convention in Laos, Mr Trudeau stated, “I will not go into particulars about what we talked about however what I’ve stated many occasions is that the security of Canadians and upholding the rule of legislation is without doubt one of the elementary obligations of any Canadian authorities and that is what I will keep centered on.”
The transient assembly between PM Modi and Justin Trudeau got here nearly a 12 months after the Canadian PM accused India of involvement within the dying of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Nijjar, who was taking refuge in Canada and was given citizenship in that nation.
India has rejected the claims that such discussions occurred through the transient assembly, saying, “India attaches significance to relations with Canada however these can’t be repaired except the Canadian Authorities takes strict and verifiable motion towards those that actively pursue anti-India actions and have conspired to advertise hate, disinformation, communal disharmony and violence in India in addition to Canada.”
Ties between India and Canada are at an all-time low after Justin Trudeau’s allegations in September of a “potential involvement” of Indian brokers in Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing outdoors a gurdwara in Surrey metropolis on June 18, 2023.
India had designated Hardeep Singh Nijjar as a terrorist in 2020 and has strongly rejected Justin Trudeau’s allegations as “absurd” and “motivated.”