Ties between Canada and India have plunged to their lowest point in years after Trudeau said that India may have been involved in the June killing of a Canadian citizen in a Vancouver suburb
Canada has yet to provide any public evidence of Indian involvement in the slaying of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, 45, who was killed by masked gunmen. He was a leader in what remains of a once-strong movement toIndia’s foreign ministry dismissed the allegation as “absurd” and accused Canada of harbouring “terrorists and extremists.” It also said the claims were motivated, implying that Trudeau was trying to drum up domestic support among the Sikh diaspora.
It’s not unusual for India to make veiled references to other countries – in fact, it has a habit at the UN of not directly targeting criticism at such rivals like Pakistan and China. Canada’s allegation clouded India’s moment in the diplomatic sun after the G20 summit. Jaishankar sought to turn the spotlight back on his country’s aspirations on the world stage. The world’s most populous nation and an increasingly muscular economic power, India has held itself out as “the voice of the Global South” and of developing countries’ frustrations with a lopsided international order.
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