Foreign Minister S Jaishankar will meet US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington today, amid the diplomatic row with Canada over the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil in June this year.
India has stated to Canada that targeted killing is not a policy of the Indian government and has asked Ottawa to share any specific and relevant information they may have. The Indian Foreign Minister, S Jaishankar, mentioned this during a session at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. He also expressed concerns about the growing nexus between terrorists and organized crime in Canada and the permissive environment for such activities.
Of course, this is against the laws that govern international relations but let us not pretend that if after 26/11 India had managed to bump off evil men like Hafiz Saeed in their sanctuaries in Pakistan nobody would have shed a tear.
India-Canada standoff Live Updates: The US had earlier said it supports Canada’s efforts to investigate allegations of India’s involvement in the killing of Nijjar, and added it is in touch with both Canada and India over Ottawa’s allegations.