Canada withdraws 41 diplomats from India embassy amid murder dispute
by Staff and agencies in Ottawa from World news | The Guardian on (#6FQAW)
Country forced to reduce diplomatic presence amid tensions over Sikh separatist killing and says it will not take retaliatory steps
Canada has withdrawn 41 diplomats from India amid a dispute over the murder of a Sikh separatist, announced foreign minister Melanie Joly, adding that Ottawa would not take retaliatory steps.
New Delhi last month asked Ottawa to reduce its diplomatic presence after prime minister Justin Trudeau said there was credible evidence of a potential link between Indian agents and the murder in June of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, 45, who was shot outside a Sikh temple in British Columbia.
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