“Relations cannot be repaired unless…”: India rejects Justin Trudeau’s claim during prime ministers’ meeting
"No substantive discussion between PM Modi and Prime Minister Trudeau in Vientiane," India said.
VIENTIANE, Laos: India today strongly rejected Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s claim that “security of Canadians” was discussed during his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Laos on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit.
“There was no substantive discussion between Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Trudeau in Vientiane,” sources in the Ministry of External Affairs told NDTV.
Speaking about Khalistani activities being promoted on Canadian soil, sources in the Ministry of External Affairs told NDTV that “India expects that anti-India Khalistani activities will not be allowed to take place on Canadian soil and that strict action will be taken against those advocating violence, extremism and terrorism against India from Canadian soil, which has not been done so far.” Warning Canada about growing extremism in the North American country, the source said, “The growing nexus of such forces with organised crime, drug syndicates and human trafficking should also be a matter of concern for Canada.” Justin Trudeau described the meeting with PM Modi as a “brief exchange”, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation or CBC News said. “I emphasised that we need to work on something,” CBC News quoted Mr Trudeau as saying. Speaking at a press conference in Laos, Mr Trudeau said, “I will not go into detail about what we talked about, but I have said many times that the safety of Canadians and upholding the rule of law is one of the fundamental responsibilities of any Canadian government and that is what I will focus on.”
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The brief meeting between PM Modi and Justin Trudeau came almost a year after the Canadian PM accused India of involvement in the death of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Nijjar, who was taking refuge in Canada and was granted citizenship of that country.
India has rejected the claim that such a discussion took place during the brief meeting, saying, “India values relations with Canada, but these cannot be repaired unless the Government of Canada takes strong and verifiable action against those who actively carry out anti-India activities and conspire to promote hatred, misinformation, communal disharmony and violence in India as well as Canada.”
Relations between India and Canada are at an all-time low following allegations levelled by Justin Trudeau in September alleging “possible involvement” of Indian agents in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar outside a gurdwara in the city of Surrey on June 18, 2023.
India had declared Hardeep Singh Nijjar a terrorist in 2020 and strongly rejected Justin Trudeau’s allegations as “absurd” and “motivated”.
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