(15 Oct 2024)
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New Delhi – 15 October 2024
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Saaliq Sheikh, The Associated Press:
“Relations between India and Canada are at a low point as the countries expelled each other’s top diplomats over an ongoing dispute about the killing of a Sikh activist in Canada.”
2. Mid of sign reading (English): "High Commission of Canada"
3. Various of vehicles entering High Commission of Canada premises
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Saaliq Sheikh, The Associated Press:
“Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed in June 2023 in British Columbia. Canada says it has identified India’s top diplomat as a person of interest in the assassination plot and expelled him and five other diplomats on Monday.”
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ARCHIVE: New Delhi – 23 February 2018
5. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walking together and shaking hands
6. Modi and Trudeau posing for the cameras and entering a building
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New Delhi – 15 October 2024
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Saaliq Sheikh, The Associated Press:
“India has rejected the accusations as absurd. In response, it expelled Canada’s acting high commissioner and five other diplomats.”
8. Wide of High Commission of Canada office
9. Mid of Canadian flag
10. Mid of the high commission
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Saaliq Sheikh, The Associated Press:
“Experts say the diplomatic standoff between India and Canada can make it difficult for both the countries to move forward.”
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ARCHIVE: New Delhi – 23 February 2018
12. Trudeau shaking hands and hugging Modi at ceremonial
13. Wide of Trudeau shaking hands with Indian officials
14. Various of Trudeau and Modi approaching, lecterns
15. Wide of Indian and Canadian ministers exchanging Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in information communications technology and electronics
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New Delhi – 15 October 2024
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Saaliq Sheikh, The Associated Press:
“Experts also say the relationship between the two countries appears to be on a life support.”
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ARCHIVE: New Delhi – 23 February 2018
17. Mid of Indian and Canadian ministers exchanging Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in information communications technology and electronics
18. Trudeau and Modi shaking hands and leaving
STORYLINE:
A diplomatic row that has strained bilateral relations between India and Canada for over a year has boiled over as the countries expelled each other’s top diplomats over the killing of a Sikh activist in Canada and allegations of other crimes.
Experts say the diplomatic standoff will make it difficult for both countries to move forward with a once-promising partnership, and could impact India’s ambitions as it tries to project itself as a rising world power.
Monday’s tit-for-tat expulsions came after Canada told India on Sunday that its top diplomat in the country is a person of interest in the 2023 assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, and that police have uncovered evidence of an intensifying campaign against Canadian citizens by agents of the Indian government.
Canadian Foreign Minister, Mélanie Joly also tied five other expelled Indian officials to Nijjar’s assassination and said Canada had gathered “ample, clear and concrete evidence which identified six individuals as persons of interest in the Nijjar case.”
India’s foreign ministry rejected the accusations as absurd, and said it was expelling Canada’s acting high commissioner and five other diplomats in response.
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