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India demands cuts in Canada embassy citing ‘interference’ in its affairs
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/21/india-suspends-visa-canada-travel-advisory/
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NEW DELHI — India went on the diplomatic offensive against Canada on Thursday, telling the country to reduce staffing at its embassy and suspending the issuance of new visas for Canadians, as the fallout from the alleged assassination of a Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia widened dramatically.
The tit-for-tat moves escalated sharply on Thursday with the Indian demand for Canada to draw down its diplomats, a step in line with India’s increasingly muscular and independent foreign policy.
In a series of sharply-worded remarks on Thursday, Bagchi accused Trudeau of making a “primarily politically-driven” allegation against India and lashed out at Canada in general.
Bagchi also said that India had stopped issuing new visas to Canadians, attributing the pause to security threats against Indian diplomats in Canada and a staffing shortage there.
The Canadian High Commission in India declined to comment whether it was requested to cut down its presence but said in an email that it was reducing its footprint after some diplomats “received threats on various social media platforms” and “in light of the current environment where tensions have heightened.”
India has long accused the Canadian government of sympathizing with Sikh separatists such as Nijjar, whom it considered a terrorist, while Canada has denied those claims.
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