The dispute over Canada’s accusations that India complicit in the assassination of a Khalistani terrorist not brought up when External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visited his US colleague Antony Blinken in Washington on Thursday.
India will identify Hardeep Singh Nijjar as a terrorist in 2020. On June 18, he fatally shot at a gurudwara in Surrey, British Columbia. Justin Trudeau, the prime minister of Canada, has often claimed that the homicide committed by operatives of the Indian government, although he has never shown any supporting documentation.
The claims made by Canada have deemed “absurd” and “motivated” by India. Canada has reassured by Mr. Jaishankar that India is “open to looking at it” if given “something specific and relevant”.
The summary of the Thursday meetings between Mr. Jaishankar and Mr. Blinken from the US State Department left out any reference of the India-Canada stalemate over Nijjar’s murder. The construction of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor and important achievements of India’s G20 chairmanship among the topics they discussed, according to the US Department of State.
According to State Department spokesman Matthew Miller, “The Secretary and the External Affairs Minister also stressed the continued importance of cooperation ahead of the forthcoming 2+2 Dialogue, in particular in the areas of defense, space, and clean energy.”
According to Mr. Jaishankar’s announcement on Thursday, New Delhi will hold the sixth 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue between India and the US.
It’s good to be back. The Prime Minister visited us this summer, of course. In a joint news conference with Mr. Blinken before their meeting, Mr. Jaishankar expressed gratitude to the US for its support of the G20 Summit.
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