The ties between the 2 nations got here below extreme pressure final 12 months.
New Delhi:
India on Wednesday mentioned its essential problem with Canada continues to be the political area that Ottawa offers to anti-India parts which advocate extremism and violence.
International Secretary Vinay Kwatra mentioned India has repeatedly conveyed its “deep considerations” to Canada and New Delhi expects Ottawa to take robust motion in opposition to these parts.
His feedback got here a day earlier than Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for Italy to attend the G7 summit.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is among the many leaders of the G7 superior economies attending the annual summit.
“I believe the primary problem regarding Canada continues to be the political area that Canada offers to anti-India parts which advocate extremism and violence and we’ve got repeatedly conveyed our deep considerations to them and we anticipate them to take robust motion,” Mr Kwatra mentioned.
His response got here at a media briefing when requested about frosty India-Canada ties and Trudeau’s latest remarks concerning the rise of right-wing forces throughout the globe.
“We’ve got simply concluded our common elections. I’m positive all people would agree that this was the most important democratic train within the historical past of humankind,” Mr Kwatra mentioned.
The overseas secretary mentioned round 640 million folks voted within the polls and that the vibrancy of India’s democracy was “actually” recognised and appreciated internationally.
“I do not wish to say something on what someone else thinks about how democracy ought to operate however our democracy was in full show with huge proof to be seen,” he mentioned.
Trudeau’s remarks got here in opposition to the backdrop of elections within the European Union and in India.
The feedback had been seen by many as an oblique reference to India as properly.
“We’ve got seen around the globe an increase of populist right-wing forces in nearly each democracy we’ve got seen and it’s of concern to see political events selecting to instrumentalise anger, worry, division, nervousness,” Mr Trudeau mentioned.
“My method has all the time been to answer it, to know it and look to unravel it,” he mentioned.
The ties between the 2 nations got here below extreme pressure following Mr Trudeau’s allegations in September final 12 months of a “potential” involvement of Indian brokers within the killing of Khalistani extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia.
New Delhi rejected Mr Trudeau’s costs as “absurd”.
India has been sustaining that the primary problem between the 2 nations is that of Canada giving area to pro-Khalistani parts working from Canadian soil with impunity.
There have been cases of pro-Khalistani parts threatening to hurt Indian diplomats.
Requested concerning the vandalisation of a Gandhi statue in Italy, Mr Kwatra known as it deplorable and mentioned the matter has been taken up with Italian authorities and appropriate rectification has already taken place.
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