US ‘deeply involved’ about allegations raised by Canadian PM Trudeau towards India: Blinken
7 min readBy PTI
NEW YORK: The US is deeply involved in regards to the allegations raised by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau towards India on the killing of a Khalistani separatist in Canada, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has stated and Washington was “closely coordinating” with Ottawa on the problem and needs to see “accountability” within the case.
Speaking at a press convention right here on Friday, Blinken stated the US has engaged straight with the Indian authorities on the problem and the most efficient factor could be the completion of this investigation.
“Let me say a few things about this. First, we are deeply concerned about the allegations that Prime Minister Trudeau has raised,” the highest US diplomat stated in response to a query on Trudeau’s allegations towards India.
Trudeau stated within the Canadian Parliament earlier this week that “Canadian security agencies have been actively pursuing credible allegations of a potential link between agents of the government of India and the killing” of Hardeep Singh Nijjar on June 18 in British Columbia.
“We have been consulting all through very intently with our Canadian colleagues and never simply consulting, coordinating with them on this situation. And from our perspective, it’s vital that the Canadian investigation proceed, and it could be necessary that India work with the Canadians on this investigation. We need to see accountability, and it is necessary that the investigation run its course and result in that end result,’ Blinken stated.
The high US diplomat was additionally requested about stories that President Joe Biden introduced the problem up with Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally.
ALSO READ | Canada shared intelligence on Nijjar’s killing with India weeks in the past, says PM Trudeau
“I’m not going to characterise or otherwise speak to diplomatic conversations that we have,” Blinken stated.
“We’ve been engaged directly with the Indian government as well. And again, I think the most productive thing that can happen now is to see this investigation move forward and be completed. And we would hope that our Indian friends would cooperate with that investigation as well,” he added.
“More broadly and you’ve heard me speak to this we are extremely vigilant about any instances of alleged transnational repression, something we take very, very seriously. And I think it’s important more broadly for the international system that any country that might consider engaging in such acts not do so. So it’s something that we’re also focused on in a much broader way,” he additional stated.
Nijjar, 45, the chief of the banned Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF), was certainly one of India’s most-wanted terrorists who carried a money reward of Rs 10 lakh on his head and was shot useless outdoors a gurdwara in Surrey within the western Canadian province of British Columbia on June 18.
Tensions flared between India and Canada early this week following Trudeau’s explosive allegations.
India angrily rejected the allegations as “absurd” and “motivated”, and expelled a senior Canadian diplomat in a tit-for-tat transfer to Ottawa’s expulsion of an Indian official over the case.
While Canada hasn’t but supplied any public proof to again its claims, a media report citing Canadian authorities sources stated that Ottawa’s allegations are primarily based on each human and indicators intelligence and inputs from an ally the Five Eye intelligence community.
READ MORE | Why India Fears Khalistan Movement and the way Canada grew to become embroiled in a diplomatic spat
The Five Eyes community is an intelligence alliance consisting of the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
The Canadian authorities has amassed each human and indicators intelligence in a months-long investigation of the Sikh man’s loss of life that has infected relations with India, CBC News, a division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, reported on Thursday quoting sources.
That intelligence contains communications involving Indian officers themselves, together with Indian diplomats current in Canada, in response to Canadian authorities sources.
Prime Minister Trudeau on Thursday stated Canada just isn’t seeking to “provoke or cause problems” with India as he urged New Delhi to take the matter “extremely seriously” and work with Ottawa to “uncover the truth”.
India requested Canada to come back down onerous terrorists and anti-India parts working from its soil and suspended visa providers for Canadians.
India additionally requested Canada to downsize its diplomatic employees within the nation, arguing that there ought to be parity in power and rank equivalence within the mutual diplomatic presence.
The dimension of Canadian diplomatic employees in India is bigger than what New Delhi has in Canada.
The India-Canada ties had been reeling below some pressure for the previous few months in view of accelerating actions of the pro-Khalistani parts within the North American nation.
India believes the Trudeau authorities just isn’t addressing its real issues.
READ MORE | Trudeau repeats allegations, says he is not seeking to ‘provoke’, urges India to work with Canada to uncover reality
NEW YORK: The US is deeply involved in regards to the allegations raised by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau towards India on the killing of a Khalistani separatist in Canada, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has stated and Washington was “closely coordinating” with Ottawa on the problem and needs to see “accountability” within the case.
Speaking at a press convention right here on Friday, Blinken stated the US has engaged straight with the Indian authorities on the problem and the most efficient factor could be the completion of this investigation.
“Let me say a few things about this. First, we are deeply concerned about the allegations that Prime Minister Trudeau has raised,” the highest US diplomat stated in response to a query on Trudeau’s allegations towards India.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );
Trudeau stated within the Canadian Parliament earlier this week that “Canadian security agencies have been actively pursuing credible allegations of a potential link between agents of the government of India and the killing” of Hardeep Singh Nijjar on June 18 in British Columbia.
“We have been consulting all through very intently with our Canadian colleagues and never simply consulting, coordinating with them on this situation. And from our perspective, it’s vital that the Canadian investigation proceed, and it could be necessary that India work with the Canadians on this investigation. We need to see accountability, and it is necessary that the investigation run its course and result in that end result,’ Blinken stated.
The high US diplomat was additionally requested about stories that President Joe Biden introduced the problem up with Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally.
ALSO READ | Canada shared intelligence on Nijjar’s killing with India weeks in the past, says PM Trudeau
“I’m not going to characterise or otherwise speak to diplomatic conversations that we have,” Blinken stated.
“We’ve been engaged directly with the Indian government as well. And again, I think the most productive thing that can happen now is to see this investigation move forward and be completed. And we would hope that our Indian friends would cooperate with that investigation as well,” he added.
“More broadly and you’ve heard me speak to this we are extremely vigilant about any instances of alleged transnational repression, something we take very, very seriously. And I think it’s important more broadly for the international system that any country that might consider engaging in such acts not do so. So it’s something that we’re also focused on in a much broader way,” he additional stated.
Nijjar, 45, the chief of the banned Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF), was certainly one of India’s most-wanted terrorists who carried a money reward of Rs 10 lakh on his head and was shot useless outdoors a gurdwara in Surrey within the western Canadian province of British Columbia on June 18.
Tensions flared between India and Canada early this week following Trudeau’s explosive allegations.
India angrily rejected the allegations as “absurd” and “motivated”, and expelled a senior Canadian diplomat in a tit-for-tat transfer to Ottawa’s expulsion of an Indian official over the case.
While Canada hasn’t but supplied any public proof to again its claims, a media report citing Canadian authorities sources stated that Ottawa’s allegations are primarily based on each human and indicators intelligence and inputs from an ally the Five Eye intelligence community.
READ MORE | Why India Fears Khalistan Movement and the way Canada grew to become embroiled in a diplomatic spat
The Five Eyes community is an intelligence alliance consisting of the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
The Canadian authorities has amassed each human and indicators intelligence in a months-long investigation of the Sikh man’s loss of life that has infected relations with India, CBC News, a division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, reported on Thursday quoting sources.
That intelligence contains communications involving Indian officers themselves, together with Indian diplomats current in Canada, in response to Canadian authorities sources.
Prime Minister Trudeau on Thursday stated Canada just isn’t seeking to “provoke or cause problems” with India as he urged New Delhi to take the matter “extremely seriously” and work with Ottawa to “uncover the truth”.
India requested Canada to come back down onerous terrorists and anti-India parts working from its soil and suspended visa providers for Canadians.
India additionally requested Canada to downsize its diplomatic employees within the nation, arguing that there ought to be parity in power and rank equivalence within the mutual diplomatic presence.
The dimension of Canadian diplomatic employees in India is bigger than what New Delhi has in Canada.
The India-Canada ties had been reeling below some pressure for the previous few months in view of accelerating actions of the pro-Khalistani parts within the North American nation.
India believes the Trudeau authorities just isn’t addressing its real issues.
READ MORE | Trudeau repeats allegations, says he is not seeking to ‘provoke’, urges India to work with Canada to uncover reality
