Blinken mentioned the US has been in contact each with India and Canada amid diplomatic standoff.
Washington:
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken referred to as on India Friday to cooperate with Canada and guarantee “accountability” over the killing of a Khalistani terrorist, after Ottawa accused New Delhi of involvement.
Blinken mentioned the USA has been in contact each with India, with which it has warming ties, and Canada, a detailed ally which expelled an Indian diplomat earlier this week.
“We wish to see accountability. And it is essential that the investigation run its course and result in that consequence,” Blinken instructed reporters in New York, the place he was collaborating within the UN Common Meeting.
“We might hope that our Indian mates would cooperate with that investigation as effectively,” Blinken mentioned.
Blinken, with out commenting instantly on the substance of the allegations, mentioned that the USA took “very, very critically” incidents of “transnational repression.”
“I believe it is essential, extra broadly, for the worldwide system that any nation that may contemplate partaking in such acts not accomplish that,” he mentioned.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau mentioned Monday that Indian brokers performed a task within the June homicide of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian citizen, close to Vancouver.
Trudeau on Thursday referred to as on India to cooperate on the investigation.
Nijjar was wished by India for alleged terrorism and conspiracy to commit homicide. He was a part of the Khalistan motion, which advocates a separate Sikh homeland and was crushed by Indian safety forces within the Nineteen Eighties.
India has come again swinging at Canada, decreasing its diplomatic employees and stopping visa providers.
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