“Ties Can’t Be…”: India Rejects Trudeau’s Claim As PMs Come Face-To-Face In Laos

Vientiane, Laos:

India today strongly rejected claims made by Canadian PM Justin Trudeau that “safety of Canadians” was discussed when he came face-to-face with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Laos, on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit. The two leaders exchanged greetings.

“There was no substantive discussion between PM Modi and Prime Minister Trudeau in Vientiane,” government sources told NDTV, saying the two leaders only greeted each other when they came face-to-face in Laos.

Speaking about Khalistani activity being encouraged on Canadian soil, foreign ministry sources told NDTV that “India continues to expect that anti-India Khalistani activities will not be allowed to take place on Canadian soil and that firm action, which is lacking thus far, will be taken against those advocating violence, extremism and terrorism against India from Canadian territory.”

Cautioning Canada about growing extremism in the north American country, the source said, “The growing nexus of such forces with organised crime, drug syndicates and human trafficking should be a concern for Canada as well.”