India Gave Canada 40 Days To Bring Diplomatic Parity, Move Due To ‘Continued Interference’: Sou
[ad_1]
India-Canada Diplomatic Row: India gave Canada one month, and thereafter another 10 days, to bring diplomatic parity between both countries. New Delhi also shared with Ottawa the list of Canadian diplomats who would continue to be accorded diplomatic immunities and privileges were being worked out in consultation with the Canadian side, ABP LIVE has learnt.
“India’s decision to seek parity was conveyed to Canada around one month ago, with a target implementation date of October 10, 2023. This date was extended till October 20, 2023, as details and modalities of implementation, including the list of Canadian diplomats who would continue to be accorded diplomatic immunities and privileges, were being worked out in consultation with the Canadian side. Attempts by Canada to portray this as an ‘arbitrary’ and ‘overnight’ decision is factually inaccurate,” an official source told ABP LIVE.
The source also said that parity has been sought in the diplomatic representations of missions in Ottawa and New Delhi, and there is “no impact” on Canadian diplomatic strength in their consulates in Bengaluru, Mumbai and Chandigarh. The decision to cease operations of their three consulates in India is “unilateral, and not related to the implementation of parity”.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Friday said at an event in Brampton, Ontario, that the Indian government has “unilaterally revoked” the diplomatic immunity of 40 Canadian diplomats. “This is the violation of the Vienna Convention … This is them choosing to contravene a very fundamental principle of international law and diplomacy. It is something that all countries in the world should be very worried about,” he said.
“The Indian government is making it unbelievably difficult for life as usual to continue for millions of people in India and in Canada and they are doing it by contravening principle of diplomacy,” Trudeau said, reiterating the claim that India is potentially involved in the killing of Khalistani activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Trudeau maintained that Nijjar was a “Canadian citizen who was killed on Canadian soil”.
Vienna Convention ‘Not Violated’, Says India
Refuting claims made by both Trudeau and Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly who also blamed India for violating international laws, the source said, India’s action to limit the size of Canadian High Commission to bring parity with the Indian High Commission in Ottawa was “warranted by the state of India-Canada bilateral relations, the much higher number of Canadian diplomats in India, and their continued interference in our internal affairs”.
According to another source, who is dealing with the matter, said Article 11.1 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (VCDR) provides the receiving state the right to limit the size of a diplomatic mission to what it considers reasonable and normal, having regard to circumstances and conditions in the receiving State and to the needs of the particular Mission. Article 11.1 has been used in the past by other countries on many occasions.
[ad_2]
Source link