Did Jaishankar hold secret meet with Canadian counterpart? What India said

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At a press conference,MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi was asked if the news reports ofJaishankar meeting his Canadian counterpart were true..

Here's what he said.. stry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on Thursday said Indian officials have been in touch with Canadians at various levels..

However, he said he didn't have information about External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar holding a meeting with Canada's Foreign Minister Melanie Joly recently...

Diplomatic relations between India and Canada deteriorated recently after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, on September 19, alleged a "potential" involvement of Indian agents" in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar...

Apart from this, the MEA spokesperson also spoke about Trudeau raising the issue of "respecting the rule of law and the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations" with other countries...

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