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.
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
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.
The Conclave brought together Chambers of Commerce, leaders representing industry, diplomats and trade agency experts from 11 Indo-Pacific countries for the formation of the Indo-Pacific Chamber of Commerce.
In his video message, Minister of Ayush and Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal welcomed the African delegation and said that this visit will help in achieving the objective of Universal Health Coverage in African nations through the potential of Traditional Medicine Systems
While US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken has called upon India to cooperate with the Canadian investigation, US officials have been cautious about triggering any diplomatic backlash from India. Nevertheless, the revelation of US intelligence involvement risks "ensnaring" Washington in
Amid the ongoing diplomatic standoff between New Delhi and Ottawa, Canada-based news platform, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) claimed citing sources that the intelligence gathered by the Canadian government includes conversations with Indian diplomats in the country.
"We take our obligations of Vienna convention very seriously. We will be certainly providing all security to foreign diplomats in India. We also expect Canadian authorities to show similar sensitivity to our diplomats in Canada," Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi sa
India said on Thursday that security threats being faced by the country’s High Commission and Consulates in Canada have disrupted their normal functioning and they are temporarily unable to process visa applications
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said that the French Ambassador to Niger and other French diplomats are "literally being held hostage at the French Embassy," reported CNN.
Following the Hindi Diwas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Australian diplomats as they recited their favourite hindi proverbs in celebration of Hindi Diwas.
The two US diplomats - Jeffrey Sillin and David Bernstein have been declared as “persona non grata,” which implies that they have to leave the country within one week.