India is prepared to resume issuing visas to Canadian citizens but only if it sees progress in the safety of its diplomats in Canada, according to Foreign Minister S Jaishankar.
Visa services were halted by India in September citing “security threats” that were disrupting work at its missions in Canada.
S Jaishankar stated that India’s insistence on “maintaining two-way diplomatic parity” was consistent with the provisions of the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations.
He noted that India’s concerns are primarily linked to “a certain segment of Canadian politics and the policies which flow from that,” emphasizing that the relationship between the two countries is facing a “difficult phase”.
The two countries have been embroiled in a dispute following the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada, leading to a diplomatic row.
