India expels 6 Canadian diplomats, withdraws its high commissioner from Canada over Nijjar killing: ‘We have no faith’

Flaying the “baseless targeting of the Indian High Commissioner and other diplomats and officials” in Canada, India has asserted that it has “no faith in the current Canadian Government's commitment to ensure their security”.

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Updated14 Oct 2024, 10:14 PM IST
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the ASEAN-Canada summit in Vientiane, Laos, on October 10, 2024.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the ASEAN-Canada summit in Vientiane, Laos, on October 10, 2024.(AP)

The Indian government on Monday decided to withdraw its high commissioner and other “targeted diplomats and officials” from Canada. In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs said, “...baseless targeting of the Indian High Commissioner and other diplomats and officials in Canada was completely unacceptable.”

"It was underlined that in an atmosphere of extremism and violence, the Trudeau Government's actions endangered their safety," the ministry's statement read.

It added, “We have no faith in the current Canadian Government's commitment to ensure their security. Therefore, the Government of India has decided to withdraw the High Commissioner and other targeted diplomats and officials.”

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India expels Canadian diplomats

The Indian government decided to expel the following 6 Canadian Diplomats:

1. Mr. Stewart Ross Wheeler, Acting High Commissioner

2. Mr. Patrick Hebert, Deputy High Commissioner

3. Ms. Marie Catherine Joly, First Secretary

4. Mr. lan Ross David Trites, First Secretary

5. Mr. Adam James Chuipka, First Secretary

6. Ms. Paula Orjuela, First Secretary

“They have been asked to leave India by or before 11:59 PM on Saturday, October 19, 2024,” the Ministry of External Affairs said.

Canada also expelled six top Indian diplomats on Monday, an Ottawa government source told AFP, after New Delhi said it had recalled the officials. A senior Canadian government official said that Canada was expelling six Indian diplomats, including the high commissioner, after police uncovered evidence of ongoing violent criminal activity linked to the Indian government.

Canada's top diplomat summoned

The Ministry of External Affairs released the statement on Monday evening after it summoned Canadian Charge d’Affaires Stewart Wheeler.

After attending a 20-minute long meeting at the ministry's headquarters in Delhi, Wheeler said, “Canada has done what India has long been asking for. Canada has provided credible, irrefutable evidence of ties between agents of the government of India and murder of Canadian citizen on Canadian soil.”

Also Read | India snubs Canada again over Nijjar killing probe: Full text of MEA’s remark

"Now, it's up to India to live up to what it said it would do and look into those allegations. It is in the interest of both our countries and the people of both our countries to get to the bottom of this. Canada stands ready to cooperate...," Wheeler said.

The ties between India and Canada further took a hit after India said on Monday that it “received a diplomatic communication from Canada”. As per the government, the document suggested that “the Indian High Commissioner and other diplomats are ‘persons of interest’ in a matter related to an investigation in that country.”

Also Read | India presses Canada for proof in Nijjar killing

The matter pertained to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegations of a "potential" involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Khalistani extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

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First Published:14 Oct 2024, 10:14 PM IST
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