U.S. President Joe Biden and other leaders expressed concern to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the G20 summit this month about Canadian claims that New Delhi was involved in the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
  • zephyreks@lemmy.ca
    172·
    1 year ago

    Meanwhile, this is the US’ public statement on the issue:

    “They are certainly serious allegations, and we believe in order to determine how credible they are, there needs to be a thorough investigation. Prime Minister Trudeau has called for that, and so we’ll see how Canada moves forward on this. It’s certainly well within their capacity to do this, and we urge India as well to participate and cooperate in that investigation. It is important to find out exactly what happened.”

    It’s clear the US doesn’t give a shit about our interests. It’s not like we haven’t shared the investigation we already did with them.

    • Victor Villas@lemmy.ca
      31·
      1 year ago

      I think it’s a fair public statement, one that doesn’t overstep Canadian sovereignty and it’s ability to make its own case. It doesn’t make me think that the US doesn’t give a shit, they’re probably ecstatic that India got caught on it so the US get some negotiation leverage for free.

      • zephyreks@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        That’s a fair assumption if the US didn’t have almost complete access to our investigation. They do, so they know everything we know and they know the Canadian position.

        They’re our ally and they’re intricately tied to our security apparatus. They should be standing up for us and, at the very least, making a statement condemning “general assassinations that violate the territorial sovereignty of other countries” or some shit.

        • Victor Villas@lemmy.ca
          1·
          1 year ago

          so they know everything we know and they know the Canadian position

          Probably, but changes nothing in my view.

          They should be standing up for us

          I think they are. The accusative statements you’re thirsty for will come as the case gets more traction and more evidence is made public. For now, it makes sense for the US to play “curious and watchful”, because Canada is taking its time in building the case publicly.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Sept 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and other leaders expressed concern to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the G20 summit this month about Canadian claims that New Delhi was involved in the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.

    Several members of the Five Eyes — an intelligence-sharing network that includes the U.S., the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand — raised the June killing in British Columbia of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh separatist leader, with Modi, the newspaper said, citing three people familiar with the discussions at the summit.

    The summit was held in India days before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made his allegations public in an address to the Canadian parliament earlier this week.

    The leaders intervened at the G20 summit after Canada urged its allies to raise the case directly with Modi, the newspaper reported.

    U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said earlier on Thursday that the U.S. is in touch with Indians at high levels following Ottawa’s claims about the murder of the Sikh separatist leader in Canada, and Washington is giving India no “special exemption” in the matter.

    The situation has put some Western nations in a tough position as Canada has been a long-standing partner and ally while those countries are also seeking to build strong ties with New Delhi to counter the influence of China in the Asia Pacific region.

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