NEW DELHI: Reacting strongly to the stories of rising Khalistani threats to Indian diplomatic missions in Canada, together with the Indian Consulate in Vancouver, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) on Friday made it clear that it’s the duty of the Canadian authorities to supply safety, as and when there’s a concern.
“It’s the duty of the Canadian authorities or the host authorities wherever we’re, wherever we’ve diplomatic institutions to supply safety as and when there’s a concern, we do take it up with the involved aspect, on this case, Canada, to make sure that there may be satisfactory safety of our diplomatic premises,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal acknowledged throughout a weekly media briefing in New Delhi whereas responding to a query on the threats being issued to the Indian Consulates in Canada.
The response got here after the Nationwide Safety Advisors of each international locations held talks on Thursday as a part of the common bilateral safety consultations between Ottawa and New Delhi.
“The NSA of Canada held talks with our Nationwide Safety Advisor, I feel it occurred yesterday, 18th, that is a part of the common bilateral safety consultations that occur between the 2 international locations. It was additionally a possibility and an event for them to comply with up on the discussions that occurred between Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Carney in Kananaskis on the sidelines of G7 in Alberta, Canada,” acknowledged Jaiswal.
It was on the sidelines of the G7 Summit that PM Modi and Carney held a gathering aimed toward reviving the strained ties between each nations. The June 18 discussions have been described as “very constructive and constructive” by Overseas Secretary Vikram Misri. As an preliminary transfer, each leaders had agreed to revive Excessive Commissioners to one another’s capitals on the earliest alternative.
Additional, the 2 nations resolved to revive senior and working-level mechanisms on varied fronts. Additionally they agreed to renew senior and working-level mechanisms and discussions in a number of areas associated to commerce, people-to-people contact and connectivity, all of them supposed to convey higher momentum to the connection.
Final month, India had introduced that Dinesh Ok Patnaik, who earlier served as India’s Ambassador to Spain, has been appointed as the subsequent Excessive Commissioner to Canada. The appointment got here greater than 10 months after New Delhi had withdrawn its earlier Excessive Commissioner to Ottawa over the then Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s continued “hostility” in direction of India.
Citing the ambiance of extremism and violence that had prevailed throughout Trudeau’s tenure, India had withdrawn Excessive Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma, one of many nation’s senior most serving diplomats, in October 2014.
The ties between India and Canada had soured after Trudeau alleged within the Canadian Parliament that he had “credible allegations” of India’s hand within the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
A significant diplomatic row had erupted when Canada labelled India’s Excessive Commissioner and different diplomats as “individuals of curiosity” within the investigation of Nijjar’s loss of life. India denied all of the allegations, calling them “absurd” and “motivated”, accusing Ottawa of giving area to extremist and anti-India parts within the nation.