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  • India Canada Row: Foreign Minister Jaishankar lashed out at Canada, cited this as the reason for the deteriorating relations between the two countries

    India Canada Row:India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said Canada’s allegations regarding the death of a Khalistani separatist were discussed during his meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken a day earlier. He said that after the meeting both the delegations shared better information. Jaishankar was asked at think-tank Hudson Institute whether the issue of Canadian allegations had come up during his meeting with Blinken at the Foggy Bottom headquarters of the State Department. In response to this he said, yes, I did that.

    India’s concerns explained to America
    Jaishankar said that the American side shared its assessment of the entire situation and he explained to the Americans the gist of India’s concerns. He said, I think hopefully we will both come away with better information. Tension between India and Canada had increased after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations regarding the possible involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on June 18 in British Columbia. India had declared Nijjar a terrorist in 2020.

    First privately then publicly Trudeau accused India
    India rejected the allegations as absurd and motivated and expelled a senior Canadian diplomat in retaliation for the expulsion of an Indian official in Ottawa over the matter. Jaishankar said that the Canadian Prime Minister had made some allegations first privately and then publicly. Jaishankar said, our response to him privately and publicly was that his allegation was not in accordance with our policy. If he, his government has some relevant specifics, we will look into it.

    Canadian land is being used against India
    Jaishankar said that for India, Canada has become a country where organized crime from India has got mixed with people smuggling, got mixed with separatism and violence. He acknowledged that before the Canadian Prime Minister’s comments, there had been a lot of (discussion) between India and Canada on this issue. The minister alleged that the security situation in Canada is not good. He said that Indian diplomats have been given open threats and they do not feel safe.

    Jaishankar said, I don’t think most Americans, maybe Canadians, look much different. For us, it has certainly been a country where there is a mix of organized crime, people smuggling as well as violence, terrorism from India. He said, due to this, visa operations in Canada were also forced to be temporarily suspended. So, as I said, you know, often countries look very different, depending on how you look at them, but there is a problem with Canada.

  • Foreign Minister Jaishankar meets US Secretary of State amid India-Canada dispute

    Foreign Minister Jaishankar meets US Secretary of State amid India-Canada dispute

    Washington: Amid the ongoing diplomatic tussle between India and Canada over the killing of a Khalistani separatist, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken here on Thursday and discussed ways to strengthen bilateral relations.

    Before this meeting at the State Department, Jaishankar said in front of the media with Blinken, “It is good to be here.” Thank you to the United States for all the support for the G20 summit. Blinken said that they have had good discussions on various occasions in the last few weeks, including the G20 and the UN General Assembly session in New York. He said that he is looking forward to discussions with his Indian counterpart.

    However, both the leaders did not answer any questions from the media. However, officials from both sides remained silent regarding the agenda of this meeting. But the recent diplomatic crisis between America’s two friends is likely to dominate this discussion.
    “I don’t want to make any predictions about what he (Blinken) will discuss in the meeting (with Jaishankar), but as we’ve made clear, we raised it,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters. We have asked them to cooperate with Canada’s investigation and we will continue to encourage them to do so.

    This plan for the meeting between the foreign ministers of the two countries was prepared long before the Canada crisis. The US is appealing to India for cooperation in Canada’s investigation into the killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia earlier this year.

    Canada has accused India of being involved in the murder of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia. India has called the allegations “baseless” and said Canada has become a haven for terrorists.

    (This news has not been edited by the NDTV team. It is published directly from the syndicated feed.)

  • America had given intelligence information to Canada regarding the murder of Nijjar, big revelation of New York Times

    American newspaper The New York Times, quoting sources, said in a report that after the murder of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, America had provided intelligence information to Canada, but the information collected by Ottawa was more concrete and was based on He has accused India. The news broke on Saturday after a top US diplomat in Canada confirmed that intelligence was shared between Five Eyes partners that led Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to indict a Khalistani separatist in the killing on Canadian soil. Prompted to allege involvement of Indian agents.

    India called the allegation absurd

    India aggressively rejected the allegations as ‘absurd’ and ‘motivated’ and expelled a senior Canadian diplomat in response to Canada expelling an Indian official over the matter. Nijjar, chief of the banned Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF), was killed in Surrey, British Columbia on June 18. India had declared Nijjar a terrorist in 2020. America has requested India to cooperate with Canada in its investigation.

    American provided intelligence

    The New York Times, quoting unnamed officials, said that after the assassination, US intelligence agencies provided their Canadian counterparts with information that helped Canada conclude that India was involved. These officials said that it appears that Canadian officials monitored the conversations of Indian diplomats and this is the ‘evidence’ which indicates India’s involvement in this conspiracy. In an interview with CTV News channel, the US Ambassador to Canada, David Cohen, said that “intelligence was shared between the Five Eyes partners” based on which Trudeau raised a “potential” link between the Indian government and the killing of a Canadian citizen. Gave a public statement regarding the allegation of affair.

    Canadian officials had warned Nijjar

    Cohen said that I would say that this is a matter of shared intelligence. There was a lot of communication between Canada and America regarding this. The newspaper said that after Nijjar’s assassination, US officials told their Canadian counterparts that Washington had no prior information about the plot and that if they had any such information, they would immediately share it with Ottawa. According to Karte.khabar, the officials, on the condition of anonymity, said that the Canadian authorities had given a general warning to Nijjar but did not tell him that he was the target of some conspiracy by the Indian government.

    Cohen told CTV that America takes these allegations very seriously. He said in response to a question, and you know, if this is proven true, then it is a potentially very serious violation of the rules-based international order. The newspaper said that Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged India to cooperate with the Canadian investigation, but US officials have largely tried to avoid any diplomatic tension with India. The New York Times said the revelations about US intelligence’s involvement threaten to embroil Washington in a diplomatic dispute between Canada and India at a time when it wants to make New Delhi its closest partner.

    America had expressed concern over the allegations

    Blinken had said at a press conference in New York on Friday that his country is ‘very concerned’ about the allegations made against India by Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau and that Washington is ‘coordinating closely’ with Ottawa on the issue and Wants to see ‘accountability’ in the matter. Trudeau on Friday said his country shared evidence with India several weeks ago to make credible allegations about the involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar and that Canada wants New Delhi to get to the bottom of the facts on this serious issue. Work with Ottawa to commit to reaching this goal.

    When asked whether Canada shared any information on this matter with India, the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi said, “Canada did not share any specific information on this matter then or before or after.” You know, as we’ve said or I think we’ve made clear, we are open to considering any specific information.