India has additionally requested Canada to downsize its diplomatic presence within the nation.
New Delhi:
In a aid for Indians in Canada amid the snowballing diplomatic row between the 2 nations, the Centre has clarified that companies like issuing passports, offering a police clearance certificates and attestation of paperwork will proceed. The announcement got here a day after India stated it has suspended issuing visas to Canadian residents because of “safety points”.
In a submit on X on Friday, the deal with for the Consulate Common of India, Toronto, posted, “Consular companies for Indian nationals in Canada, e.g. Passport issuance, Passport renewal, Police Clearance Certificates, Attestation and so on. proceed to be prolonged.”
Consular companies for Indian nationals in Canada, e.g. Passport issuance, Passport renewal, Police Clearance Certificates, Attestation and so on. proceed to be prolonged.@S_Nath_S@MEAIndia@IndianDiplomacy
— IndiainToronto (@IndiainToronto) September 22, 2023
The present diplomatic stand-off started on Monday, when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated within the Canadian parliament that his authorities had “credible allegations” linking the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June with the “brokers of the Authorities of India”.
The Indian authorities rejected the allegation as “absurd and motivated” and the nations have, since, expelled a diplomat every. On Wednesday, India additionally issued a journey advisory for Canada, a day after the latter up to date its personal journey advisory for India.
On Thursday, India stopped issuing visas to residents of Canada “until additional discover”. BLS Worldwide – a personal company employed for preliminary scrutiny of visa functions of Canadian nationals – had initially stated, “Resulting from operational causes… Indian visa companies have been suspended until additional discover”.
Hours later, Ministry of Exterior Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi elaborated on the suspension and stated “safety threats” had been “disrupting” the work of Indian officers. He stated personnel in Indian missions had been unable to hold out visa features due to the safety setting that they discovered themselves going through.
“For now, the safety scenario in Canada and due to Canadian authorities inaction, we now have stopped visa companies quickly,” stated Mr Bagchi.
The MEA spokesperson additionally stated India has requested Canada to downsize its diplomatic presence within the nation and cited the “interference of Canadian diplomats in Indian affairs”.
“The Canadian diplomatic presence in India is bigger than what India has and accordingly must be downsized. We now have knowledgeable the Canadian authorities that there needs to be parity in diplomatic presence. Their numbers are very a lot greater than ours in Canada… I assume there shall be a discount,” he stated.
Mr Trudeau, in the meantime, additionally repeated his cost on Thursday. Addressing a press convention at Canada’s Everlasting Mission to the United Nations in New York, he stated, “As I stated on Monday, there are credible causes to imagine that brokers of the Authorities of India had been concerned within the killing of a Canadian on Canadian soil.”