Relations between Canada and India have sunk to their lowest point in years over the killing of a Sikh separatist leader.
India on Wednesday urged its nationals in Canada, especially students, to exercise “utmost caution” as ties deteriorate after each nation expelled one of the other’s diplomats in an escalating row over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader.
Narendra Modi welcomes Justin Trudeau upon his arrival at the G20 Summit in New Delhi on September 9.Five years ago, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau captured headlines in India for enthusiastically embracing the country’s culture during a weeklong trip with his family. Trudeau skipped the official dinner for the G20 leaders and local media reports said he was dealt a snub when he got a quick “pull aside” meeting with Modi, instead of a sit-down bilateral meeting.
While the active insurgency ended decades ago, the Modi government has warned that Sikh separatists were trying to stage a comeback and pressed countries like Canada, where Sikhs make up more than 2 per cent of the population, to do more in stopping them. The allegations could also hurt Modi’s growing soft power in the West, Kugelman said, but values and morals don’t necessarily drive foreign relations.“We’re not going to see the Western democracies try to remove India from their strategic calculus, especially in terms of countering China. The strategic convergences are too strong,” he added.
“The longer disputes over the incident drag on, the more likely it is that both sides and others will want to move on.”
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