Canada may not comply with India’s ultimatum demanding at least 41 diplomats leave its country, with an October 10 deadline for action.
According to government sources who spoke to the “Globe and Mail” on Wednesday, Ottawa has not yet moved its diplomatic staff in India, except for specific staff movements.
As the Financial Times reported last week, Hardeep Singh Nijar, a Sikh leader in Britain, demanded the withdrawal of most Canadian diplomats amid a diplomatic crisis sparked by Justin Trudeau’s allegations that India was behind the assassination. Colombia.
India accuses Canada of harboring Sikh separatists who want to create Khalistan. The world’s most populous country has already described Nijjar as a “terrorist” and accused the Sikh community of being “extremist”.
Since the ultimatum, exchanges between India and Canada have continued, with New Delhi showing a certain “flexibility” in its exchanges, one of the “Globe” sources suggested.
Foreign Minister Melanie Jolie declined to comment on the matter on Wednesday.
“Diplomacy is best when conversations are personal and that is what I will practice with India,” he said.
