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As the diplomatic tiff between Canada and India over the killing of Khalistani symphatiser Hardeep Singh Nijjar continues to garner global attention, Ottawa has sought to keep the talks ‘private’ as told by Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly. This comes after the Financial Times reported that India asked Canada to withdraw 41 diplomats. However, the minister did not respond to the same and said ‘diplomatic conversations are best when they remain private.’
“We are in contact with the government of India. We take Canadian diplomats’ safety very seriously and we will continue to engage privately because we think diplomatic conversations are best when they remain private,” Joly told reporters.
Relationship between the countries strained after Canada expelled an Indian diplomat and Prime Ministrer Trudeau alleged an Indian government link to the killing of Nijjar even though he maintained that Ottawa was not looking to escalate matters. India retaliated with a tit-for-tat move expelling a Canadian diplomat and dismissing the allegations as absurd.
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