Canada shared intelligence on murder of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar with India weeks ago: Justin Trudeau
Also read: India-Canada tensions: ‘Deeply concerned...critical that probe proceeds’ says Antony Blinken "We are deeply concerned about the allegations that Prime Minister Trudeau has raised," Blinken told reporters in a press briefing. The White House has raised similar concerns, but Blinken is the most senior U.S. official to have commented on the issue thus far.
"We have been consulting throughout very closely with our Canadian colleagues, not just consulting but coordinating with them on this issue," Blinken said. "It would be important that India work with the Canadians on this investigation. We want to see accountability," he added.
Canada has the largest population of Sikhs outside India's Punjab, with about 770,000 people reporting Sikhism as their religion in the 2021 census. The Indian government had suppressed Sikh insurgency in the 1980s and 1990s in Punjab. The separatists wanted the creation of an independent Sikh state called Khalistan.
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