India-Canada row: Indian High Commissioner speaks on visa suspensions, says ‘Situation still not ideal…'
Canada also claimed that had held numerous ‘meetings’ to make India aware of the ‘credible allegations’ which state India and its intelligence agency was involved in Nijjar's killing. Since then, Ottawa and New Delhi announced tit-for-tat expulsions of diplomats in the wake of Trudeau's allegation of Indian involvement in Nijjar's killing. India also suspended visa services for Canadian citizens amid the festering diplomatic fallout of Trudeau's charge.
Coming back to Verma, he said, “Indian authorities continuously assess the security of Indian diplomats and consular officials stationed in Canada, as well as that of our diplomatic and consular premises," as quoted by HT. Though, Canada has improved mission coverage and given diplomats personal security information, however, Verma added, “Provision of security to key Indian diplomats and consular officials does not necessarily mean that the security environment has improved. It only means that despite threats to their people, they are able to have restricted physical movement.
The situation is still not ideal to conduct normal diplomatic and Consular functions by all Indian diplomats and consular officials," as quoted by HT. Meanwhile, Canada's Immigration Minister Marc Miller had also said that visa processing of Indians looking to come to Canada has slowdown. This was caused after 41 of Canada's 62 diplomats in India were removed, along with their dependents upon India's request to reduce the number of Canada diplomats in the country.
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