IndiaTheNews Newsroom | On the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Nijjar, America again said, are both the countries preparing to surround India?

Blinken was reacting to Canada’s allegation about India’s role in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was one of India’s most wanted fugitive extremists but lived freely in Canada until his death. The United States takes incidents of “international repression” very seriously, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in New York, when asked by Canada’s report on India’s role in the killing of Khalistani Sikh terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in the North American country. Was asked about the allegations.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that the US is extremely concerned by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations of India’s “involvement” in the murder of a Sikh separatist leader. Blinken also said that it is important that India works with Canada in the investigation of this matter. The Foreign Minister told reporters here on Friday that the US is in direct contact with the Indian government on this issue. Diplomatic dispute continues between India and Canada over the killing of Khalistani separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar. The controversy arose after Trudeau’s allegations of “possible involvement” of Indian agents in the June 18 killing of Nijjar in British Columbia, Canada. Asked about Trudeau’s allegations against India, Blinken said, “I have a few things to say about it.” First, we are deeply concerned about the allegations made by Prime Minister Trudeau.

The Foreign Minister said, “We are continuing to engage with our Canadian colleagues, not only to engage but also to cooperate on this issue, and it is important for us that Canada’s investigation moves forward, and it is also important that this India should work with Canada in the investigation.” He said, ”We want accountability and it is important that the investigation moves in the right direction and reaches a conclusion.” Blinken was also asked about those reports that US President Joe Biden has “personally” raised this issue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On this the Foreign Minister said, “I do not want to say anything about diplomatic level talks.”

“We are also in direct contact with the Indian government,” he said. I believe the most positive thing that can happen at this point is for the investigation to move forward and be completed. We hope that our Indian friends will cooperate in this investigation.” Although Canada has not shared any evidence regarding its allegations, the media there said in a report on Thursday quoting sources related to the Canadian government. That allegations of India’s involvement in the killing of the Sikh separatist leader are based on human and intelligence inputs and classified information received from a partner country of Ottawa’s ‘Five Eyes’ intelligence network. The ‘Five Eyes’ intelligence network includes Canada, the US, Britain, Australia and New Zealand. CBC News, a unit of the ‘Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’, in its report on Thursday quoted sources as saying that the Canadian government has gathered human and intelligence information in a month-long investigation into the murder of a Sikh man. Sources associated with the Canadian government said that this intelligence information includes conversations between Indian ambassadors present in Canada and Indian officials. The report said that the intelligence information was not only received from Canada, but some information was also received from an unnamed associate of the ‘Five Eyes’ intelligence network.

America’s prestigious newspaper ‘The New York Times’, quoting sources, said in a report that after the murder of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, America had provided intelligence information to Canada, but the information collected by Ottawa was more concrete and On that basis only he has accused India. The news broke on Saturday after a top US diplomat in Canada confirmed that “intelligence was shared between Five Eyes partners”, which led Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to trace a Khalistani separatist on Canadian soil. Inspired to allege involvement of Indian agents in the murder. India aggressively rejected the allegations as ‘absurd’ and ‘motivated’ and expelled a senior Canadian diplomat in response to Canada expelling an Indian official over the matter. Nijjar, chief of the banned Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF), was killed in Surrey, British Columbia on June 18.

India had declared Nijjar a terrorist in 2020. The US has requested India to cooperate with Canada in its investigation. The New York Times quoted unnamed officials as saying, “After the assassination, US intelligence agencies provided their Canadian counterparts with information that helped Canada conclude that India was involved.” These officials said. That Canadian officials appear to have monitored the conversations of Indian diplomats and this is the ‘evidence’ that points to India’s involvement in this conspiracy. In an interview with CTV News channel, the US Ambassador to Canada, David Cohen, said that “intelligence was shared between the Five Eyes partners” based on which Trudeau raised a “potential” link between the Indian government and the killing of a Canadian citizen. Gave a public statement regarding the allegation of affair. “I would say this is a matter of shared intelligence,” Cohen said. There was a lot of communication between Canada and America about this.

The newspaper said that after Nijjar’s assassination, US officials told their Canadian counterparts that Washington had no prior information about the plot and that if they had any such information, they would immediately share it with Ottawa. Do. According to the news, officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that Canadian authorities had given Nijjar a general warning but did not tell him that he was the target of any conspiracy by the Indian government. Cohen told CTV that the United States takes these allegations very seriously.

He said in response to a question, “And you know, if proven true, this is a potentially very serious violation of the rules-based international order.” The newspaper said that Secretary of State Antony Blinken had asked India to send Canadians It has requested cooperation in the investigation, but US officials have largely tried to avoid any diplomatic tension with India. The New York Times said the revelations about US intelligence’s involvement threaten to embroil Washington in a diplomatic dispute between Canada and India at a time when it wants New Delhi to be its closest partner.

Blinken had said at a press conference in New York on Friday that his country is ‘very concerned’ about the allegations made against India by Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau and that Washington is ‘coordinating closely’ with Ottawa on the issue and the matter. I want to see ‘accountability’. Trudeau said Friday that his country had shared evidence with India several weeks ago to make “credible allegations” about the involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar and that Canada wants New Delhi to address this serious issue. But “work committedly” with Ottawa to get to the bottom of the facts. Asked whether Canada would share any information on the matter with India, the External Affairs Ministry in New Delhi said, “Canada did not share any specific information on this matter then or before or after. You know, as we’ve said or I think we’ve made clear, we are open to considering any specific information.