09/19/2023

Trudeau Says Canada Not Looking To Escalate Tensions

But he asked India to take killing seriously

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that Canada wasn't looking to escalate tensions, but he asked India on Tuesday to take the killing of a Sikh activist seriously after India called accusations that the Indian government may have been involved absurd.

India expelled a senior Canadian diplomat on Tuesday and accused Canada of interfering in its internal affairs, ramping up a confrontation between the two countries over the killing of Sikh independence advocate Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

It came a day after Trudeau said that his government was investigating allegations that India was connected to the assassination.

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