The United Kingdom is in "close touch" with its Canadian partners about serious allegations made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on India's link in the alleged assassination of Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
“He's made a claim without evidence, and having made the claim, he's taken an action, i.e. to expel the Indian diplomat. Now, he wants us to cooperate with him. What is he saying? The whole thing sounds very absurd and illogical to me.” said Sood, former chief of India's foreign intelligence
Stating that is less likely that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will change his approach on the Khalistan issue, Robinder Sachdev, an expert in foreign affairs said that it seems that India-Canada relations will be taking back seat.
Canada-based professor of Carleton University and foreign policy expert Vivek Dehejia on Tuesday said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made an “unprecedented sort of allegation” against India and that it is hard to judge the credibility or the quality of the informat
Director of South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center, Michael Kugelman has said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's open claims regarding Indian hand in the killing of Khalistani Hardeep Singh Nijjar, “suggests a view that he believed what he was talking about.”
“Canadians across the country must be safe from the interference of foreign governments, including being targeted for threats or physical harm, including murder. Our democracy depends on it,” the British Columbia premier said on Monday.
Pakistan's Foreign Ministry dismissed a report claiming that the country sold its weapons to Ukraine to secure an emergency bailout package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Signalling a further souring of bilateral ties, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly on Monday said an Indian diplomat in the country had been expelled, Al Jazeera reported.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday announced that he will participate in the BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting on the sidelines of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) scheduled on September 20 in New York, USA.
India and Singapore held discussions on the robust bilateral relations at the 17th round of Foreign Office Consultations, held in New Delhi on Monday, the Ministry of External Affairs said.