Key Points
There is room for diplomacy to address the diplomatic row between India and Canada, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday as the ties between the two sides remained strained following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegations of a "potential" involvement of Indian agents in the killing of a Khalistani separatist...
The external affairs minister said both sides have been in touch and hoped that a way would be found to resolve the row..
At the same time, he asserted that "sovereignty and sensitivity" cannot be one-way streets...
The ties between India and Canada came under severe strain following Trudeau's allegations in September over the killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June in the Canadian town of Surrey...
But that cannot be a license to advocate violence and intimidation or to propagate separatism, extremism and worse," he said.. "So the problem that we have faced is really that we have seen activities which have been justified in the name of freedoms," he said.. "Now, I have a very simple smell test for every country in the world - which is if you think that is right, would you like that to be done to you?.
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