Amid the ongoing India-Canada diplomatic row and New Delhi's demand to reduce the Canadian diplomatic staff here in the national capital, Former Indian diplomat KP Fabian has said that parity has been brought in to put pressure on Canada.
Ministry of External Affairs Official Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on Thursday said that India has taken up its concerns regarding the security of diplomats and premises there with the UK authorities.
The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said that India's position regarding the entire Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir being an integral part of the country is well known and New Delhi has raised its concerns with US side regarding US Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome's recen
A US-based politics focused newspaper company, Politico, a few days ago reported that "US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti has told his in-country team that, because of the diplomatic spat with Canada, relations between India and the US could get worse for a time".
India's focus is on achieving 'parity' in terms of diplomatic presence because of their continued "interference" in New Delhi's "internal matters", the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.
During the ongoing Human Rights Council session in Geneva at the iconic UN HQ, Palais des Nations, the principles of Mahatma Gandhi were highlighted to commemorate the International Day of Non-Violence.
Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly on Tuesday said that the country wants "private talks with India to resolve a diplomatic dispute" over the killing of Khalistan terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Reuters reported.
Amid the continuing diplomatic fallout of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's claim of the involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Canada's Foreign Minister Melanie Joly on Tuesday called it important that diplomats remain on the ground
Israeli diplomat Kobbi Shoshani participated in the clean-up drive under ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’ campaign at Mumbai beach, and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the initiative.
Highlighting incidents of threats, violence, and intimidation against Indian diplomats and missions in Canada, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar questioned whether the reaction would have been the same if a similar situation had occurred in any other country.
Taking a jibe at the Canadian government amid the ongoing diplomatic standoff between the two nations, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that the Canadian attitude towards terrorists, extremist people who openly advocate violence is very permissive.
“Canada is alleging that India did some incident in that country. They should share the evidence with India,” National Conference leader told reporters here.