Canada has withdrawn two-thirds of its diplomats primarily based in India after that nation stated it will revoke their diplomatic immunity this Friday, additional ratcheting up rigidity between the 2 international locations.
India and Canada have been at more and more bitter odds for the reason that assertion final month by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that Indian authorities brokers had performed a job in the killing in British Columbia of a Sikh separatist who was a Canadian citizen.
Mélanie Joly, the Canadian overseas minister, advised reporters on Thursday that India had provided “no good motive” for revoking the diplomats’ immunity, which she known as a violation of worldwide regulation.
Canada had been in talks with India to avert the efficient expulsion. Ms. Joly declined to debate the standing of these negotiations as she condemned India’s determination as a blow to the worldwide settlement that ensures the protection of diplomats.