By ANI
NEW DELHI: Asking Canada to take motion towards these dealing with fees associated to terrorism, India on Thursday mentioned that Ottawa’s response to its requests for extradition of anti-India parts has not been useful.
Responding to a question on the common media briefing, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi mentioned that Canada mustn’t develop into a secure haven for these concerned in terror actions.
“Safe haven is being provided in Canada, we want the Canadian government to not do so and take action against those who have terrorism charges or send them here to face justice,” Bagchi mentioned.
“We’ve sought either extradition request or assistance related to that, at least more than 20-25 individuals we’ve requested over the years but the response has not been helpful at all,” he added.
Referring to terrorism, Bagchi mentioned it’s funded and supported by Pakistan. He additionally spoke of the difficulty of secure havens.
“Not only terrorism but also the fact that it is funded and supported and we know this from sometime…from our western neighbours Pakistan…but the issue of safe havens, and places to operate have been provided abroad, including in Canada…and that…you know we would expect that is the main focus. The question is: do we have the political will to address terrorism or do we want to justify it and condone it?” he requested.
Visa companies supplier BLS International on Thursday mentioned it has with speedy impact suspended Indian visa companies in Canada.
BLS International Services Limited is an Indian outsourcing service supplier for presidency and diplomatic missions worldwide. The firm manages visa, passport, consular, attestation and citizen companies.
“Due to operation reasons, with immediate effect i.e. 21 September 2023, Indian visa services in Canada have been suspended till further notice,” the corporate knowledgeable inventory exchanges in a submitting on Thursday.
Bilateral relations between India and Canada have hit a downward spiral after Prime Minister Trudeau on Monday alleged that “Indian agents” had been behind the taking pictures of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Nijjar, chief of banned Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) and a “designated terrorist” was killed in a focused taking pictures at British Columbia in Canada’s Surrey in June 2018.
India has rejected the allegations by the Trudeau administration, terming them “absurd” and “motivated”.
“We have seen and reject the assertion of the Canadian Prime Minister of their Parliament, as additionally the assertion by their Foreign Minister. Allegations of Government of India’s involvement in any act of violence in Canada are absurd and motivated,” MEA had mentioned in an announcement.
“Similar allegations were made by the Canadian Prime Minister to our Prime Minister and were completely rejected. We are a democratic polity with a strong commitment to the rule of law,” it added.
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NEW DELHI: Asking Canada to take motion towards these dealing with fees associated to terrorism, India on Thursday mentioned that Ottawa’s response to its requests for extradition of anti-India parts has not been useful.
Responding to a question on the common media briefing, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi mentioned that Canada mustn’t develop into a secure haven for these concerned in terror actions.
“Safe haven is being provided in Canada, we want the Canadian government to not do so and take action against those who have terrorism charges or send them here to face justice,” Bagchi mentioned.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
“We’ve sought either extradition request or assistance related to that, at least more than 20-25 individuals we’ve requested over the years but the response has not been helpful at all,” he added.
Referring to terrorism, Bagchi mentioned it’s funded and supported by Pakistan. He additionally spoke of the difficulty of secure havens.
“Not only terrorism but also the fact that it is funded and supported and we know this from sometime…from our western neighbours Pakistan…but the issue of safe havens, and places to operate have been provided abroad, including in Canada…and that…you know we would expect that is the main focus. The question is: do we have the political will to address terrorism or do we want to justify it and condone it?” he requested.
Visa companies supplier BLS International on Thursday mentioned it has with speedy impact suspended Indian visa companies in Canada.
BLS International Services Limited is an Indian outsourcing service supplier for presidency and diplomatic missions worldwide. The firm manages visa, passport, consular, attestation and citizen companies.
“Due to operation reasons, with immediate effect i.e. 21 September 2023, Indian visa services in Canada have been suspended till further notice,” the corporate knowledgeable inventory exchanges in a submitting on Thursday.
Bilateral relations between India and Canada have hit a downward spiral after Prime Minister Trudeau on Monday alleged that “Indian agents” had been behind the taking pictures of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Nijjar, chief of banned Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) and a “designated terrorist” was killed in a focused taking pictures at British Columbia in Canada’s Surrey in June 2018.
India has rejected the allegations by the Trudeau administration, terming them “absurd” and “motivated”.
“We have seen and reject the assertion of the Canadian Prime Minister of their Parliament, as additionally the assertion by their Foreign Minister. Allegations of Government of India’s involvement in any act of violence in Canada are absurd and motivated,” MEA had mentioned in an announcement.
“Similar allegations were made by the Canadian Prime Minister to our Prime Minister and were completely rejected. We are a democratic polity with a strong commitment to the rule of law,” it added.
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