Canada Withdraws 41 Diplomats From India Amid Huge Diplomatic Row
October 20, 2023 - PatialaPolitics
Canada Withdraws 41 Diplomats From India Amid Huge Diplomatic Row
The Canadian government had initially set a deadline of October 10 to reduce the number of diplomats in India but allowed the deadline to lapse while attempting to negotiate privately with India.
In response to India’s threats to revoke the official status of 41 Canadian diplomats if they do not leave, the Foreign Minister of Canada, Melanie Joly, has facilitated the departure of those diplomats.
New Delhi, last month, asked Ottawa to reduce its diplomatic presence after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau cited what he said was credible evidence of a potential link between Indian agents and the murder in June of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, 45, who was shot outside a Sikh temple in British Columbia.