Mottham meere chesaaru: Trudeau to India

[Guest]

Canada PM Trudeau says India making life hard for millions of people amid diplomatic crisis

Trudeau's comment comes as Canada withdraws 41 diplomats from India and calls India's move ‘unreasonable and escalatory’.

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday said India's actions are making life very hard for millions of people in India and Canada after Canada confirmed the withdrawal of 41 diplomats from India adding that this will delay the visa services in India. Canada called India's move unreasonable and escalatory as New Delhi asked Ottawa to reduce its diplomatic presence in India.

"The Indian government is making it unbelievably difficult for life as usual to continue for millions of people in India and in Canada. And they're doing it by contravening a very basic principle of diplomacy," Trudeau said, as quoted by Reuters.

"It's something that has me very concerned for the well-being and happiness of millions of Canadians who trace their origins to the Indian subcontinent," he said adding that the expulsion of some of the diplomats from Canada will pose difficulties for Indians studying in Canada.

'Reject any attempt to portray...': India

The ministry of external affairs replied to the Canada statement and rejected any attempt to "portray the implementation of parity as a violation of international norms". India once again said a much higher number of Canadian diplomats were present in India. The action of seeking parity is "fully consistent with Article 11.1 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations", the statement said.

Canada had 62 diplomats in India which has now reduced to 21 and the reduction would impact visa services in India. " We will now be forced to pause temporarily all in-person services at Consulates, until further notice. India’s decision will impact levels of services to citizens of both countries...Five IRCC staff remain in India and will focus on work that requires an in­-country presence such as urgent processing, visa printing, risk assessment and overseeing key partners, including visa application centres, panel physicians and clinics that perform immigration medical exams. The rest of the work and staff will be reassigned across our global processing network," Canada said.

[Sanjiv]

those 41 diplomats must very happy to leave India !

[Guest]

10 minutes ago, Sanjiv said:

those 41 diplomats must very happy to leave India !

yes, especially Chandigarh lo pani chese vallu! Abhijit Iyer Mitra was saying in some podcast that diplomats don't like posting at Chandigarh embassy at all.