U.K. urges India to co-operate with Canada amid diplomatic dispute

Amid the ongoing diplomatic dispute betwixt Canada and India, the U.K. is calling connected New Delhi to co-operate with Ottawa’s ineligible process, voicing afloat assurance successful the country’s judicial system.

On Wednesday, the British Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office issued a statement saying India’s co-operation with Canada would beryllium the “next close step.”

“We are successful interaction with our Canadian partners astir the superior developments outlined successful the autarkic investigations successful Canada. The UK has afloat assurance successful Canada’s judicial system. Respect for sovereignty and the regularisation of instrumentality is essential,” the connection read.

“The Government of India’s practice with Canada’s ineligible process is the close adjacent step.”

The connection comes aft Canada connected Monday expelled six Indian diplomats from the state implicit alleged targeting of Canadian citizens who are opponents of the Narendra Modi government. Canadian officials linked India’s precocious commissioner and different individuals moving retired of the diplomatic offices to the sidesplitting of Sikh person Hardeep Singh Nijjar connected its ungraded and accused New Delhi of a broader effort to people Indian dissidents successful Canada.

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India, which has agelong denied the accusations that agents of that authorities were progressive successful Nijjar’s killing, retaliated by ordering the expulsion of six high-ranking Canadian diplomats, including the acting precocious commissioner.

The connection from the U.K. besides follows a telephone telephone betwixt British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau connected Monday evening.

The 2 leaders discussed caller developments related to a “targeted run against Canadian citizens by agents linked to the Government of India,” according to a readout of the telephone shared by the Prime Minister’s Office connected Monday.

Starmer and Trudeau besides talked astir the request to guarantee the information and information of their citizens and the value of upholding and respecting the regularisation of law, the PMO stated. Trudeau underscored Canada’s continued involvement successful co-operation with India to code this superior matter.

“Prime Minister Trudeau and Prime Minister Starmer agreed to stay successful adjacent and regular contact,” the PMO said.

— with files from Reuters and Global News