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Threats have been issued by pro-Khalistan online handles, many of Pakistani origin, targeting Indian diplomats and missions in Canada..
The foreign ministers of India and Canada met twice on the margins of the ongoing Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ministerial in Jakarta, with external affairs ministers S Jaishankar stressing on the safety and security of Indian diplomats in Canada amid threats to them.I)..
The official said they have zero complaints about how Canadian law enforcement has responded to the threats from pro-Khalistan elements to its seniormost diplomats and missions in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver..
The latest in the series of threats was issued, as has become the trend, by pro-Khalistan online handles, many of Pakistani origin, threatening a picket of the residence of Indias High Commissioner to Ottawa Sanjay Kumar Verma..
That was signalled earlier by Canadas minister of foreign affairs Mlanie Joly who had described the posters threatening Indian diplomats, including High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma and two Consul Generals in the country, as unacceptable..
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