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The Canadian diplomat ordered to leave the country in five days, hours after Ottawa expelled the Indian diplomat for the killing of a Sikh separatist.
A senior Canadian diplomat has been ordered to leave India, the Indian foreign ministry said, hours after Ottawa expelled an Indian diplomat in a escalating row over the killing of a Sikh separatist earlier this year.
New Delhi’s decision reflects “growing concern over the interference of Canadian diplomats in our internal affairs and their involvement in anti-India activities”, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
The dueling expulsion comes as relations between Canada and India are tense. Trade talks have derailed and Canada has canceled a trade mission to India planned for later this year.
Protests by pro-Sikh independence groups in Canada have angered Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
More to follow.
