Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau upon his arrival at Bharat Mandapam convention center for the G20 Summit, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023.
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly confirmed Thursday that 41 Canadian diplomats have left India after CBC News reported earlier that a large number of them had departed the country overnight.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes Prime Minister Justin Trudeau upon his arrival at Bharat Mandapam convention center for the G20 Summit in New Delhi on Sept. 9.
Joly said Canada will have to pause in-person diplomatic services at the Mumbai, Chandigarh and Bengaluru offices because of the reduced staff complement. "A unilateral revocation of diplomatic privilege and immunities is contrary to international law," she said. "Threatening to do so is unreasonable and escalatory."Canadian officials have questioned India's arithmetic, which they say does not give an accurate picture of the respective sizes of the two diplomatic missions.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly responds to a question during a news conference, Thursday, October 19, 2023 in Ottawa.
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