Washington: The Canadian allegations relating to India’s involvement within the killing of a pro-Khalistan chief are “severe” and should be investigated totally, the White Home has stated. Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the chief of the banned Khalistan Tiger Pressure (KTF), was killed in Surrey, British Columbia on June 18. India had designated Nijjar as a terrorist in 2020.
The claims made by Canada had been mentioned when visiting Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Nationwide Safety Advisor Jake Sullivan met right here final week, John Kirby, Coordinator for Strategic Communications on the Nationwide Safety Council within the White Home informed reporters at a information convention right here.
“The difficulty was mentioned. We’ll actually depart it to these two nations to speak about their bilateral relationship,” Kirby stated in response to a query. “We have been clear, these allegations are severe, they should be totally investigated and naturally, as we have stated earlier than, we urge India to take part actively in that investigation,” Kirby stated.
State Division’s Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel informed reporters at a separate information convention that it’s vital that Canada’s investigation proceeds and the perpetrators are dropped at justice.
“We even have, as we have beforehand stated publicly and privately, urged the Indian authorities to cooperate within the Canadian investigation and cooperate in these efforts,” he stated. The US, he stated, has seen the studies on the diplomatic staffing ranges for the Canadian Excessive Fee in New Delhi.
“However I haven’t got something additional to supply on these studies and positively do not wish to get into hypotheticals and take this course of one step at a time. Because it pertains to our Indo-Pacific technique and the main target that we proceed to put on the area, that effort and that line of labor goes to proceed,” he stated.
“With India, we’re companions with them within the Quad and in lots of others, and we proceed to work with them and different nations within the area on quite a few essential points. “However as I stated, we take these allegations very significantly and we proceed to not simply work carefully with our Canadian companions however have publicly and privately urged the Indian authorities to cooperate with Canada,” Patel stated.
