'They can speak for themselves': US on India's response on Canada's allegations
State Department spokesperson Mathew Miller said that India can speak for itself regarding the Canadian allegations related to Khalistterrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar's killing and the ongoing investigations.
He mentioned that Washington has urged New Delhi to collaborate with the Canadian investigation.
During the press briefing, State Department spokesperson Mathew Miller was asked whether the issue of Canadian allegations will be raised during External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's meeting with his US counterpart Antony Blinken.
«One of the practices I'm going to continue to try to adhere to, is to not speak publicly about what, Secretary Blinken or other representatives of this department will say in their meetings before the Secretary has a chance to say it directly to those counterparts,» Miller said.
He added, «We have consistently engaged with the Indian Government on this question and have urged them to cooperate. And that engagement and the urge for them to cooperate will continue».
On being further asked about India's response to the US' call for cooperation in the investigation, Miller refused to comment on what is said in private diplomatic conversations.
«They can speak for themselves.
I'm not going to speak to what they say in private diplomatic conversations. I will speak to what I say or what we say and that is we urge them to cooperate with the Canadian investigation,» he added.
Early last week, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an explosive statement alleging the Indian government of being involved in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
However, India has outrightly rejected the claims, calling it 'absurd' and 'motivated'.
Earlier, Antony Blinken had said that
