00:00 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau again provoked India by raising the subject of diplomatic
00:06 tensions with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed.
00:10 He reportedly spoke about the diplomatic tension with India during his recent telephonic conversation
00:15 with the UAE leader.
00:17 Sharing the details about the conversation, Trudeau said that he raised the issue of India
00:22 with his UAE Excellency and added that New Delhi should apprehend the importance of upholding
00:28 and respecting the rule of law.
00:30 Trudeau's post on XRED, "On the phone today, His Highness Mohammed bin Zayed and I spoke
00:35 about the current situation in Israel.
00:37 We expressed our deep concern and discussed the need to protect civilian life.
00:42 We also spoke about India and the importance of upholding and respecting the rule of law."
00:47 Notably, the tension between the two nations soared tremendously following Canadian PM
00:51 Justin Trudeau's allegations against New Delhi, where he claimed Ottawa has "incredible information"
00:58 that Indian agents were involved in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar
01:03 on July 19.
01:04 However, the claims were outrightly dejected by the Ministry of External Affairs, where
01:09 spokesperson Arindam Bakshi dubbed the allegations "baseless" and "politically motivated".
01:14 Earlier on Friday, in a similar conversation with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Trudeau
01:18 underscored the importance of a de-escalation in the diplomatic row between India and Canada.
01:24 According to a statement from 10 Downing Street, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spoke to Trudeau,
01:29 where the latter updated him on the situation regarding Canadian diplomats in India.
01:34 According to reports, Sunak hoped to see a de-escalation of the situation over the death
01:38 of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
01:41 Meanwhile, Trudeau on Tuesday said that he is not looking to escalate the tensions with
01:46 New Delhi and wants to have constructive relations.
01:49 He said, "We are not looking to escalate, as I have said, we are going to be doing the
01:54 work that matters in continuing to have constructive relations with India through this extremely
01:59 difficult time."
02:01 The Canadian Prime Minister also acknowledged that Ottawa was going through an extremely
02:05 challenging time with New Delhi.
02:07 He further said that dispute between both countries has made it important for Canada
02:11 to have diplomats on the ground working with the Indian government to support Canadians
02:16 and Canadian families.
02:17 Trudeau asserted that his government was taking the matter extremely seriously and would attempt
02:22 to engage responsibly and constructively with India.
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