Britain to continue FTA talks despite India-Canada row over death of Khalistani terrorist
Free Trade Agreement and held their 12th round of negotiations in August. Sunak and Modi held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit to discuss the India-UK free trade agreement, innovation, and science along with ways to strengthen the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two countries.
Khalistan terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down outside a Gurdwara in Canada earlier this year. Trudeau said on Monday that "credible allegations" linked Indian agents to the June slaying of the Khalistan Tiger Force chief.
Nijjar was wanted in India for carrying out terrorist attacks – a charge he had denied before his death. “We have seen and reject the statement of the Canadian Prime Minister in their Parliament, as also the statement by their Foreign Minister.
Allegations of the Indian government’s involvement in any act of violence in Canada are absurd and motivated," the MEA said in an official statement. (With inputs from agencies)
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