{"id":16469,"date":"2023-10-21T13:51:48","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T13:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/canadian-pm-says-indias-actions-causing-hardship-for-millions-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-10-21T13:51:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T13:51:48","slug":"canadian-pm-says-indias-actions-causing-hardship-for-millions-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/canadian-pm-says-indias-actions-causing-hardship-for-millions-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian PM says India’s actions causing hardship for millions | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday the Indian government’s crackdown on Canadian diplomats was making normal life difficult for millions of people in both countries.<\/p>\n

Trudeau spoke a day after Canada said\u00a0it had withdrawn 41 diplomats\u00a0following an Indian threat to unilaterally revoke their status.<\/p>\n

New Delhi is angry that Trudeau last month suggested Indian agents might have been involved in the June murder of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada. India denies the allegation.<\/p>\n

“The Indian government is making it unbelievably difficult for life as usual to continue for millions of people in India and in Canada. And they’re doing it by contravening a very basic principle of diplomacy,” Trudeau said.<\/p>\n

“It’s something that has me very concerned for the wellbeing and happiness of millions of Canadians who trace their origins to the Indian subcontinent,” he told reporters at a televised press conference in Brampton, Ontario.<\/p>\n

Trudeau said the expulsion of some of Canada’s diplomats will hamper travel and trade and pose difficulties for Indians studying in Canada.<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/strong>\u00a0The cold war between India and Canada<\/a><\/p>\n

Around two million Canadians, 5% of the overall population, have Indian heritage. India is by far Canada’s largest source of global students, making up for roughly 40% of study permit holders.<\/p>\n

The Indian foreign ministry earlier\u00a0rejected the idea\u00a0it had violated the Vienna convention on diplomatic relations.<\/p>\n

“The state of our bilateral relations, the much higher number of Canadian diplomats in India, and their continued interference in our internal affairs warrant a parity in mutual diplomatic presence in New Delhi and Ottawa,” it said in a statement. Canada now has 21 diplomats remaining in India.<\/p>\n

The U.S State Department on Friday backed Canada in the dispute over diplomats.<\/p>\n

“We have urged the Indian government not to insist upon a reduction in Canada\u2019s diplomatic presence and to cooperate in the ongoing Canadian investigation,” said spokesperson Matthew Miller.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n