Canada expelled Indian diplomats
According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency Citing Sputnik, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Canada announced by publishing a statement that in relation to the investigation into the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijar The Canadian citizen and leader of the Sikh separatists has identified 6 senior diplomats and officials of the Indian consulate in this country as “undesirable elements” and ordered their deportation from Canadian soil.
The statement said that “Canada was forced to expel Indian diplomats because talks with New Delhi, including Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, had no results.”
On the other hand, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India announced by publishing a statement, “We accept the commitment of the current Canadian government to maintain the supply We do not trust the security of our diplomats. Therefore, the Indian government has decided to remove the ambassador and other targeted diplomats and officials from Canada.”
This action of the Canadian government took place after the Indian government ordered the expulsion of the Canadian ambassador and senior diplomats on Monday. issued from New Delhi.
Diplomatic tension between India and Canada started when Canadian authorities announced in September last year that they had reliable information that Indian government agents were involved in the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijar, a Canadian citizen of Indian origin. , the Sikh separatist leader of Indian descent is involved in British Columbia, Canada.
In this regard, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said any foreign government involvement in the murder of a Canadian citizen is an unacceptable violation of our sovereignty.
Hardeep Singh Nijar, a Canadian citizen of Indian origin, was shot dead outside a Sikh temple in British Columbia on June 18, and after his murder, Canada accused the Indian government of involvement. has assassinated in this.
Newspaper Tribune of India has reported that Nijar supported the Sikh homeland in the form of an independent state and was designated as a terrorist by India in July 2020.
The Prime Minister of Canada also said in a statement to the House of Commons of this country: “Canadian security agencies are actively pursuing credible allegations of a possible link between agents of the Indian government and Nijar’s death, and Canada has expressed its deep concern to the authorities.” The chief intelligence and security officer of the Indian government has announced
Canada has the largest Sikh population outside of their home state of Punjab in India and has been the site of many protests against the Indian government. Protests that have angered the Indian government.
Approximately 1.4 million of Canada’s population of 40 million are citizens of Indian descent. Also, in the 2021 census, about 770,000 people declared Sikhism as their religion.
India and Canada, which had announced in early 2023 that they could reach a conclusion on a trade agreement by the end of 2023, have now stopped negotiations on this agreement. Canada provided few details about the stalled talks, while India pointed to specific political developments surrounding the stalling of the trade talks.
According to Canadian statistics, bilateral trade between India and Canada in 2022 was only 13.7 billion Canadian dollars out of a total of 1.52 trillion Canadian dollars.
