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The Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeaurevealed this Monday that the country’s intelligence services implicate Indian authorities in the murder in Canada from a leader of the Sikh community.
“Any involvement by a foreign government in the murder of a Canadian on Canadian soil is an unacceptable violation of our sovereignty.“he said in Lower House of the Canadian Parliament.
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Following Trudeau’s statement, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Jollyannounced the expulsion of a “key diplomat”Indian, the person responsible for Indian intelligence in the country.
Canada “will not tolerate any form of interference“and the government”will protect Canada’s sovereignty“, sustained.
The Prime Minister added that Canada “conveyed his deep concerns to the highest security and government officials in India“for the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjaroccurred last June in the city of Surreyin western Canada.
Singh Nijjar, shot by unknown assailants in the parking lot of a Sikh templehad been accused of terrorism by Indian authorities for defending the creation in the state of Punjab of an independent country, Khalistanfor the Sikh minority.
Trudeau on Monday briefed the country’s top political leaders on the Canadian intelligence services’ findings on India’s involvement in the assassination and said that during the G20 Summitheld in India on September 9th and 10th, demanded explanations from his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi.
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“In the strongest possible terms, I recommend Government of India work with Canada to get to the bottom of this issue“, said the president, who described it as”extremely serious” what happened.
On September 1st, the Canadian government announced the suspension of negotiations with the India for signing a free trade agreement, without explaining the reasons. Canada also canceled a trade mission to India that was supposed to take place in October.
About 1.8 million people of Indian origin live in Canada, of which about 770,000 are Sikhs. The leader of the Social Democrats New Democratic Party (NPD), Jagmeet SinghThe fourth party in the Canadian Parliament is Sikh.
Source: Elcomercio
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