'US, Canada issues not same...': Jaishankar on plot to kill Khalistani separatists

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Americans told us some specific things. What happens in international relations from time to time such challenges can arise.

So we very sincerely have told the Canadians, saying that look it's up to you, I mean your choice whether you would like us to pursue it, further look into it or not," Jaishankar said at an event in Bengaluru on Sunday. He said that not just Canada, “if any country has a concern and gives us some input or some basis for that concern, we are always open to looking at it.

This is what countries do." Jaishankar's comments came days after the US Justice Department claimed that an Indian government employee recruited an Indian national named Nikhil Gupta to hire a hitman to allegedly carry out the assassination of Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, which was foiled by US authorities. ALSO READ: US is India’s ‘optimal choice’ as a partner, says Jaishankar Meanwhile, in September, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau publicly accused the Indian government of involvement in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

India dismissed this allegation as “absurd." Jaishankar had said earlier in December that India instituted an inquiry committee to look into the inputs received from the US in the case as the matter has a bearing on national security. He, however, told the Rajya Sabha that there will be "no equitable treatment" to Canada's allegations of a potential involvement of Indian agents in the killing of a Khalistani extremist as no specific evidence or inputs were provided to India by Ottawa, PTI reported.

"Insofar as the US is concerned, certain inputs were given to us as part of our security cooperation with the United States. Those inputs were of concern to us because they (were) related to the nexus of organised