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Canada and India announced on Thursday that they have appointed new high commissioners in countries to each other, a step towards “deepening” diplomatic relationships despite multiple allegations about foreign nuisance Indian agents on Canadian soil.
Christopher Cooter, a 35 -year -old diplomat who served in New Delhi over 25 years ago, will serve as a new senior Canada commissioner in India, said Foreign Minister Anita Anand.
“The appointment of a new high commissioner reflects a step by step approaching to deepening diplomatic engagement and improvement of bilateral cooperation with India,” Anand said in a statement.
“This is an important development for the renewal of services for the Canadians with the strengthening of bilateral relationship to support the Canadian economy.”
The Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that his new High Commissioner of Canada, Dinesh K. Patnaik, was expected to “take the task soon.” Since 2021, Patnaik has served as an Indian ambassador to Spain.
Diplomatic appointments have been agreed at a meeting Between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was invited to the Summit in June G7 in Alberti. The leaders agreed to strengthen diplomatic and economic relationships.
Both Canada and India seek to diversify their economy after the global tariff of US President Donald Trump. Trump’s tariffs to India were collected at 50 percent on Wednesday, while US tariffs in Canada jumped to 35 percent on August 1.
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The leaders of the G7 summit agreed that they fight “transnational repression” – something India was repeatedly accused of running in Canada.
The previous senior commissioners left their posts last October, after Ottawa and New Delhi expelled high diplomats in Tit-Za-Tat’s moves.
The Canadian expenses were announced quickly after RCMP publicly revealed that it had a significant amount of information on criminal activities allegedly orchestrated by the Indian Government agents.
Global News reported at that time That the agents who worked from the Indian High Commission in Ottawa and Consulate in Vancouver and Toronto behind dozens of violent crimes across Canada who were targeting the opponents of Modi’s government.
Indian agents, who held diplomatic and consular positions, allegedly played key roles in the wave of shooting, killings, threats, Arson and extortion in Canada, according to higher sources that were familiar with the issue.
Relations are tense of 2023, when former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau publicly accused the Indian government agents of being involved in the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the Sikh Separatist leader, in Surreyu, BC, earlier in the same year.
India has repeatedly denied the allegations and accused Canada of conducting a political agenda, while having Sikh activists, which Modi’s government labeled as “terrorists”.
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Senior Indian Invisional Officer has also been charged with US court documents Employment of businessmen who will also try to assassinate Gurpatwant Singha Pannun, a close associate of Nijjar and Canadian and an American citizen. Pannun is led by Sikhs for Justice, a New York group that is advocated to create a Sikh nation of Khalistan.
Global News revealed in June that the suspect is an Indian government agent Do the former leader of the new Democratic Party of Jagmeet Singh under close supervisionwhich encouraged RCMP to put it in police protection.
The fashion attended the G7 Summit in Canada days after these details were reported.
At the time, the Prime Minister’s office defended himself Carney’s call for fashion, as he said that “any form of attempting of foreign interference is unacceptable.”
“As the prime minister of the fifth of the largest economy and the most populous country in the world, Prime Minister Modi was invited to participate in some of these critical discussions,” wrote Audrey Champoux, a PMO spokeswoman.
“It is important that Prime Minister Carney and Prime Minister Modi have agreed to continue the dialogue and discussion on law implementation to solve serious security problems.”
India was appointed as the second most popular active country involved in foreign mixing operations in Canada, behind only the People’s Republic of China, in the federal investigation of justice Marie-Josée Hogue in connection with this.
Federal Conservatives and Prime Minister BC David Eby They invited Ottawa to mark the Indian band Lawrence Bishnoi, which is related to extortion and other crimes against members of South Asia across Canada, as a terrorist organization.
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