'Canada is committed to strengthen ties with India,' affirms Justin Trudeau amidst row
National Post. Highlighting India's growing global influence, Trudeau emphasized the "extreme importance" of Canada and its allies maintaining active engagement with India.
Canadian PM was speaking at a press conference in Montreal on Thursday, he said that he thinks it is “extremely important" that Canada and its allies continue to engage “constructively and seriously" with India given its growing importance on the world stage, as reported by ANI citing National Post. “India is a growing economic power and important geopolitical player.
And as we presented with our Indo-Pacific strategy, just last year, we’re very serious about building closer ties with India," he told reporters. Also Read: India-Canada Row: What's at stake for Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau? “At the same time, obviously, as a rule of law country, we need to emphasize that India needs to work with Canada to ensure that we get the full facts of this matter," National Post quoted Trudeau as saying.
Trudeau mentioned that he received guarantees from the United States that Secretary of State Antony Blinken would address the publicly made allegations regarding India's involvement in the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar during a meeting with the Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar in Washington DC, scheduled for Thursday. “The Americans have been with us in speaking to the Indian government about how important it is that they be involved in following up on the credible allegations that agents of the Indian government killed a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil," National Post quoted Trudeau as saying.
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