A White House reputable on Thursday stated it helps Canada’s efforts to probe allegations of India’s involvement in the killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. On Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau alleged the involvement of “agents of the Indian government” in Nijjar’s killing in Surrey on June 18.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) outrightly rejected the claims as “absurd” and “motivated” and expelled a senior Canadian diplomat in a tit-for-tat cross to Ottawa’s expulsion of an Indian legit over the case.
“As quickly as we heard from the Canadian Prime Minister publicly about the allegations, we went out publicly ourselves and expressed our deep subject about them, our aid for a regulation enforcement technique to get to the bottom of precisely what happened, and to make certain that the perpetrators are held accountable,” National Security Advisor (NSA) Jake Sullivan stated at some stage in a White House information conference.
“I’m now not going to get into the substance of non-public diplomatic conversations, however we are in steady contact with our Canadian counterparts. We are consulting with them closely. We help the efforts that they are venture in this investigation and we have additionally been in contact with the Indian authorities as well,” he said.
Sullivan rejected reviews that there is a tiff between the US and Canada on the Nijjar issue. “We have deep issues about the allegations and we would like to see this investigation carried ahead and the perpetrators held to account. That is what the US has stood for from the second this emerged in public and we will proceed to stand for that till this entirely performs its way out,” he said.
Refusing to reply to questions on the proof of Canadian allegations, Sullivan stated he is no longer going to talk to both Genius or regulation enforcement things from this podium. “I will let that method play out. We are in, as I stated before, non-stop verbal exchange and session with the Canadian authorities and we will continue to be so as we go forward,” he said.
On a query on a workable go to of President Joe Biden to India in January for the Republican Day celebration, the pinnacle White House officers said, “I do no longer have some thing to announce about journey via the president to India in January or at any different time today.”
When requested if the Biden administration has given a “pass” to India and China for their alleged “aggressions and financial support” to Russia, Sullivan stated that India is now not Russia and is special from China, which poses a distinct set of challenges. “Now, India is now not Russia, and China has its very own set of challenges that we deal with in its very own context. So, of course, there is going to be variations in how we deal with nations one by means of one,” he said.
Earlier on Thursday, India additionally requested Canada to downsize its diplomatic personnel in the country, arguing that there must be parity in energy and rank equivalence in the mutual diplomatic presence.
New Delhi additionally requested Canada to clamp anti-India factors working from its soil and suspended visa offerings for Canadians, as escalating tensions between the two international locations over the killing of Nijjar pushed their ties to an all-time low.
