Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri likely to brief Parliamentary panel on ties with Canada, China
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri is expected to brief the Parliamentary Panel on External Affairs on Wednesday on the Indo-Canadian ties. Details of the expected meeting of the committee have been posted on the website of the Parliament.
Indo-Canadian ties have hit a new low after Canada accused Indian Government functionaries of ordering the murder of pro-Khalistan activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Misri is also likely to brief the Parliamentary panel on the recent upswing in India’s ties with China following the ‘patrolling arrangement’ at two friction points along the LAC in eastern Ladakh.
India’s relationship with Canada has taken a hit after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau linked top Indian officials to the murder of Nijjar, a charge rubbished by New Delhi. Canada’s Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister David Morrison had alleged on Tuesday that Home Minister Amit Shah had ordered a campaign of violence, intimidation and intelligence-gathering targeting Sikh separatists inside Canada, a charge dismissed as “absurd and baseless” by India.
New Delhi has been maintaining that the key issue between the two countries is that of Canada giving space to pro-Khalistan elements operating from Canadian soil with impunity.
