Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes half in a bilateral assembly with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi throughout the G20 Summit in New Delhi, India on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated that Canada wasn’t seeking to escalate tensions, however requested India on Tuesday, Sept. 19, to take the killing of a Sikh activist severely after India referred to as accusations that the Indian authorities could have been concerned absurd. Credit score: AP/Sean Kilpatrick
TORONTO — Info shared by members of an intelligence-sharing alliance was a part of what Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used to make public allegations of the Indian authorities’s doable involvement within the assassination of a Sikh Canadian, the U.S. ambassador to Canada stated.
“There was shared intelligence amongst ‘5 Eyes’ companions that helped lead Canada to (make) the statements that the prime minister made,” U.S. Ambassador David Cohen instructed Canadian CTV Information community.
CTV Information launched a few of Cohen’s feedback late Friday, and the community stated that it could air the total interview with the U.S. envoy on Sunday. No additional particulars had been launched concerning the shared intelligence.
On Thursday, a Canadian official instructed The Related Press that the allegation of India’s involvement within the killing is predicated on surveillance of Indian diplomats in Canada, together with intelligence supplied by a serious ally — with out saying which one.
The “5 Eyes” intelligence-sharing alliance is made up of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the US.
The connection between Canada and India reached its lowest level in latest historical past when Trudeau stated there have been “credible allegations” of Indian involvement within the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a 45-year-old Sikh separatist, in June in a Vancouver suburb. Each international locations have expelled some prime diplomats.
India, which has referred to as the allegations “absurd,” additionally has stopped issuing visas to Canadian residents and instructed Canada to scale back its diplomatic workers.
Canada has but to offer public proof to again Trudeau’s allegations.
Nijjar, a plumber who was born in India and have become a Canadian citizen in 2007, had been needed by India for years earlier than he was gunned down in June exterior the temple he led in Surrey, a suburb of Vancouver.
