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India Hasn't Set Aside its Concerns with Canada: High Commissioner
India Hasn't Set Aside its Concerns with Canada: High Commissioner
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At their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit on Sunday, PM Modi and Canadian PM Mark Carney agreed to launch talks for a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA).
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Indian High Commissioner in Canada Dinesh Patnaik has said that New Delhi hasn’t set aside its concerns with Canada on criminal gangs, terrorists and extremists, even as the two governments seek to normalise ties after a "chill" in bilateral relations under the former Prime Minister Justin Trdueau.In an interview with state broadcaster Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) shortly after the Sunday meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and PM Mark Carney on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, High Commissioner Dinesh Patnaik noted that both the governments had concerns with each other.India won’t set its concerns aside, just as Canada hasn’t, India’s top diplomat in Canada said, responding to CSIS’s recent claim that Canada’s concerns about India persist.Patnaik, who was posted as India's top envoy in Canada in September, said that India has been cooperating with Canada to provide information about criminal gangs operating from Canadian soil.He said that the meeting between India's National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and his Canadian counterpart Nathalie Drouin in New Delhi in September was aimed at bolstering security cooperation to counter terrorism and transnational organised crime among others.Last October, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that extradition requests of at least 26 wanted criminals, terrorists and gangsters had been pending with Canada for years.The Indian High Commissioner reiterated New Delhi's rejection of having got to do anything with the killing of pro-Khalistan activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a designated terrorist in India, in June 2023. "We have never been involved in these sorts of things. India doesn't do things like these. Definitely, there is no involvement. We have always said this, These allegations are preposterous and absurd," Patnaik stated.Commenting on the latest Khalistan referendum organised by terrorist group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) in Ottawa on Sunday, Patnaik labelled it as a "farcical referendum".He said that India would have had no problem at all if these extra-territorial political activities were peaceful, highlighting that the Indian Parliament had allowed the election of Amritpal Singh, who faces terrorism charges, during the 2024 election.
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India Hasn't Set Aside its Concerns with Canada: High Commissioner
At G20 Summit on Sunday, PM Modi and Canadian PM Mark Carney agreed to launch talks for a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA). Both governments acknowledged that there are "some sources of friction".
Indian High Commissioner in Canada Dinesh Patnaik has said that New Delhi hasn’t set aside its concerns with Canada on criminal gangs, terrorists and extremists, even as the two governments seek to normalise ties after a "chill" in bilateral relations under the former Prime Minister Justin Trdueau.
In an interview with state broadcaster Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) shortly after the Sunday meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and PM Mark Carney on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, High Commissioner Dinesh Patnaik noted that both the governments had concerns with each other.
India won’t set its concerns aside, just as Canada hasn’t, India’s top diplomat in Canada said, responding to CSIS’s recent claim that Canada’s concerns about India persist.
"For the last 40 years, we have been talking about the presence of extremists within Canada. Since the Air India Kanishka bombing, we have been talking about it. We have given evidence. The thing is both countries are mature enough to understand that we need to have a relationship where we could discuss how people could be safer on the streets. Canadians safe on Canadian streets and Indians safe on Indian streets," Patnaik told the state broadcaster.
Patnaik, who was
posted as India's top envoy in Canada in September, said that India has been cooperating with Canada to provide information about criminal gangs operating from Canadian soil.
"Recently, we had the brother of Lawrence Bishnoi, who is in (Indian) jail. His brother was last week extradited by the Americans to India to face the charges. So, we are taking action on our front. Whatever intelligence we have about the Bishnoi gang, the Bathimba gang, the Sikh gangs, who are doing things here, their links with global cartels; the terrorists have their own organizations and own way to connect with each other, so there are groups here which are working with groups around the world," Indian High Commissioner in Canada said.
He said that the meeting between India's National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and his Canadian counterpart Nathalie Drouin in New Delhi in September was aimed at bolstering security cooperation to counter terrorism and transnational organised crime among others.
"You have to understand that it is a dialogue between two countries. And that's the reason why the NSA-level dialogue was to actually try to see how we could do intelligence and information sharing, sharing on operational hubs, financial flows, all of the things," Patnaik said.
Last October, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that extradition requests of at least 26 wanted criminals, terrorists and gangsters had been pending with Canada for years.
The Indian High Commissioner reiterated New Delhi's rejection of having got to do anything with the
killing of pro-Khalistan activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a designated terrorist in India, in June 2023.
"We have never been involved in these sorts of things. India doesn't do things like these. Definitely, there is no involvement. We have always said this, These allegations are preposterous and absurd," Patnaik stated.
Commenting on the latest Khalistan referendum organised by terrorist group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) in Ottawa on Sunday, Patnaik labelled it as a "farcical referendum".
"This is a referendum done by Canadians in Canada. If you want to do it, you do it. The problem is that back home in India, we see it as Canadian foreign interference in our internal matters. like Canadians see any such thing as Indian interference in Canada. And that's something Canada has to think about," Patnaik said.
He said that India would have had no problem at all if these extra-territorial political activities were peaceful, highlighting that the Indian Parliament had allowed the election of Amritpal Singh, who faces terrorism charges, during the 2024 election.
"If it was only peaceful, it was okay. But what are you doing? You are putting up pictures of violence, you are putting up pictures of a former prime minister of India being assassinated. You are glorifying suicide bombers, who had killed a former Chief Minister of Punjab. There is a line between freedom of speech and hate," Patnaik remarked.
