Justin Trudeau confirms attendance at Virtual G20 summit amid India-Canada diplomatic stand-off
Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will participate in the virtual G20 Leaders' Summit, hosted by India. The Canadian Prime Minister's officer released Trudeau's schedule for Wednesday which has him joining in the meeting virtually
Trudeau's attendance in the virtual meeting comes amidst a diplomatic standoff between India and Canada.
Earlier the Speaker of the Canadian Senate Raymonde Gagne skipped the Presiding Officers' Summit of Parliaments of G20 nations that began in Delhi on October 12.
On November 12, Justin Trudeau had reaffirmed his allegation of Indian involvement in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a designated terrorist in India.
Trudeau accused New Delhi of violating the Vienna Convention by «kicking out» 40 diplomats at a time when his country had reached out to the former and other global partners to get to the bottom of the murder.
«From the very beginning when we learned of credible allegations that agents of the Indian government were involved in the killing of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil, we reached out to India to ask them to work with us in getting to the bottom of this matter. We also reached out to our friends and allies like the US and others to work on this really serious violation of international law and of the sovereignty of a democracy» Trudeau had said.
«This is something that we are taking very seriously.
We will continue to work with all partners as law enforcement and investigative agencies continue to do their work. Canada is a country that will always stand up for the rule of law because if might starts to make right again, if bigger countries can violate international law without consequences, then the whole world gets more dangerous for everyone,» he had said.
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