India Asks Canada to Withdraw Roughly 40 Diplomats by October 10; Threatens to Revoke Diplomatic Immunity if They Don't Depart: Report
India has told Canada to withdraw roughly 40 diplomats amid heightened tensions between the two nations over the killing of Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
India has told Canada to withdraw roughly 40 diplomats amid heightened tensions between the two nations over the killing of Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, according to a report published by Financial Times. The report said that New Delhi has told Ottawa that it must repatriate around 40 diplomats by October 10. India threatened to revoke the diplomatic immunity of Canadian diplomats who remain after that date, FT said in the report. India-Canada Tensions: Let's Not Normalise What is Happening in Canada, Says EAM S Jaishankar in Washington.
India Asks Canada to Withdraw Diplomats
BREAKING: The Financial Times reports that India 'threatened to revoke the diplomatic immunity' of around 40 Canadian diplomats if they remain after the 10th of October
— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) October 3, 2023
India-Canada Tension
SCOOP – #India tells #Canada to withdraw 41 diplomats by Oct 10 as spat over murder claim escalates. Threatens to strip diplomats who remain of diplomatic immunity. https://t.co/J2CzfntiBq
— Demetri (@Dimi) October 3, 2023
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