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<\/div>\nOur focus is on ensuring parity in Canada’s diplomatic presence, MEA said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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India on Thursday said it is engaged in discussions with Canada on the issue of ensuring parity in its diplomatic presence in India.<\/p>\n
“We sought parity in Canada’s diplomatic presence in India and discussions are ongoing,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said.<\/p>\n
Our focus is on ensuring parity in Canada’s diplomatic presence, he said.<\/p>\n
Two weeks ago, New Delhi asked Ottawa to downsize its diplomatic presence in India.<\/p>\n
The ties between India and Canada came under severe strain following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations of a “potential” involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June.<\/p>\n
India rejected the allegations as “absurd” and “motivated” and expelled a senior Canadian diplomat in a tit-for-tat move to Ottawa’s expulsion of an Indian official over the case.<\/p>\n
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