Amid the rising tensions between India and Canada, US State Department’s Hindustani Spokesperson Margaret MacLeod on Thursday emphasised that the US has their very own relations with India and Canada, noting that each are essential for the United States.
Macleod additional mentioned that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations are regarding.
‘The allegations levied by Canadian PM Justin Trudeau are very regarding. We are preserving in contact with our Canadian allies. We urge the Indian govt to cooperate on this investigation,” she added.
Notably, she mentioned, “US and Canada have their own relation and US and India have their own relation, both are important partners for us. But most importantly, the guilty should be brought to justice.”
Earlier at present, spokesperson for the White House National Security Council, Adrienne Watson rejected studies of the US rebuffing Canada after the latter accused the Indian authorities of being behind the assassination of Sikh separatist chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Watson mentioned they’re “coordinating and consulting” with Canada and likewise “engaging” with the Indian authorities.
Watson made the assertion in response to studies within the American media that Washington has distanced itself from Canada’s allegation about New Delhi’s involvement within the killing of Nijjar, a wished Khalistani chief in India. The report highlighted the diplomatic challenges confronted by the Biden administration because it seeks to keep up sturdy relations with each India and Canada.
Earlier, US National Security Council Spokesperson John Kirby mentioned “serious allegations” have been levelled by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in opposition to India within the killing of Nijjar, including that the US wished the matter dealt with in a “transparent” manner.
In an interview with CBS News, an American tv information channel, Kirby urged India to cooperate within the investigation. “These allegations are serious and we know that Canadians are investigating and we certainly don’t want to get ahead of that investigation. We urge India to cooperate in that investigation as well,” Kirby mentioned within the interview.
Moreover, on Thursday, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi mentioned that the allegations made by Canada concerning the “potential links” of India being behind the killing of Khalistani extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar are “politically driven”.
“Yes, I do think there is a degree of prejudice here. They have made allegations and taken action against them. To us, it seems that these allegations by the government of Canada are primarily politically driven,” Bagchi mentioned.
Bilateral relations between India and Canada have hit a pointy downward spiral after Prime Minister Trudeau on Monday alleged that “Indian agents” have been behind the taking pictures of Hardeep Nijjar.
Nijjar, the chief of Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) — a Sikh extremist organisation banned by India and a “designated terrorist” was killed in a focused taking pictures at British Columbia in Canada’s Surrey in June 2018.
India, nevertheless, rejected the allegations by the Trudeau administration, terming them “absurd” and “motivated”.
“We have seen and reject the statement of the Canadian Prime Minister in their Parliament, as also the statement by their Foreign Minister,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) mentioned in a press release.
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