Tokyo [Japan], November 10 (ANI): Amid a rift in ties between New Delhi and Ottawa, the Foreign Minister of Canada, Melanie Joly, has mentioned that she is in shut contact along with her Indian counterpart, S Jaishankar, including that it’s a tough second in relationship between the 2 nations that has spanned a long time.
Melanie Joly held a digital news convention on Thursday to debate her participation within the latest G7 international ministers’ assembly, which befell in Tokyo.
During the convention, Joly mentioned Canada’s diplomatic standoff with India, particularly at a time when relations between the 2 international locations stay strained.
She mentioned, “When it comes to India, I have mentioned it many times…I am in close contact with my counterpart, S Jaishankar, and we know this is a difficult moment in a relationship that spanned decades, so therefore I am confident that we will be able to get through this difficult period, as we know that we have many interests also that we can work together in common.”Highlighting the problem of 41 Canadian diplomats withdrawn from India, she acknowledged that Canadian diplomats needed to depart India as a result of their immunities have been taken again.
“Of course we talk about our relationship within the Indo-Pacific with all our friends and like-minded…and of course…we are preoccupied by Induia’s decision to get rid of the diplomatic immunities of 41 of our Canadian diplomats which put their safety at risk,” she mentioned.
“And, we are happy to see that there is clear language in the declaration (G7 declaration) reaffirming the importance of the Vienna Convention and the diplomatic immunities that are part of this,” she added.
On being requested by the reporters if the dispute is settled now, the Canadian Foreign Minister added by saying, “Well, first and foremost, I have said it many times that Canadian diplomats had to leave India because their immunities were taken back…and I said that Canada would not retaliate…”Notably, the diplomatic tensions between India and Canada escalated following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations of India’s hyperlink to the killing of Khalistani Tiger Force Chief, Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada.
Trudeau, throughout a debate within the Canadian Parliament, claimed his nation’s nationwide safety officers had causes to imagine that “agents of the Indian government” carried out the killing of the Canadian citizen, who additionally served because the president of Surrey’s Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara.
However, India had outrightly rejected the claims, calling it ‘absurd’ and ‘motivated’. Notably, Canada has but to supply any public proof to help the declare concerning the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Nijjar, who was a chosen terrorist in India, was gunned down exterior a Gurdwara, in a parking space in Canada’s Surrey, British Columbia on June 18.
Notably, amid a diplomatic standoff with Canada, India had halted its visa providers until “further notice” in September. However, final month, India determined to renew visa providers in Canada for 4 classes after a thought-about overview of the safety scenario which “takes into account some recent Canadian measures in this regard”.
Entry visa, Business visa, Medical visa and Conference visa are 4 classes during which India determined to renew visa providers in Canada with impact from October 26. (ANI)