More will come out on Canadian disturbance, states EAM

NEW DELHI: Speaking at the Kautilya Economic Conclave on Sunday, external affairs minister S Jaishankar stated that India stopped releasing visas to Canadians due to the fact that it was no longer safe for Indian diplomats to go to work as Canada wasn’t satisfying its responsibilities under the Vienna Convention. “We are tracking it (the visa problem) really carefully. My expectation is that the circumstance will enhance in the sense that our individuals will have higher self-confidence in having the ability to do their standard task as diplomats. As you understand, guaranteeing security and security of diplomats is the most basic element of the Vienna Convention which is what has actually been challenged in Canada. If we see development there, I would like really much to resume visa services. My hope is that it’s something that would occur extremely, soon,” the minister stated. He likewise stated that while the relationship with Canada today was going through a hard stage, India’s issues were with a “specific section of Canadian politics and policies which stream from it”. “I desire individuals to comprehend the level of the problem,” stated Jaishankar, who has in the previous associated the Justin Trudeau federal government’s hesitation to act versus Khalistani separatists to vote-bank politics. After Trudeau declared that India may have a function in the slaying of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, India had
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