India Canada Row: 'India can speak itself' America bluntly responds to Trudeau's allegations, reiterates appeal for cooperation in investigation

After the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, there has been a rift in the relations between India and Canada. Canadian PM Justin Trudeau had accused India of being involved in the killing, which the Foreign Ministry denied, calling it absurd and politically motivated. Now America has also jumped into this matter.

US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said India can speak for itself about the Canadian allegations and the ongoing investigation related to the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. He said the US has urged India to cooperate with the Canadian investigation.

When Matthew Miller was asked what the Indian government might have said about the US's call to cooperate with the Canadian investigation, he declined to comment.

Miller said they can speak for themselves. I am not going to talk about private diplomatic conversations.

When the US State Department spokesperson was asked whether the Canada issue would be discussed between Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, he said that I could not tell publicly what would be discussed between the two.

Earlier, Antony Blinken had said that the US is extremely concerned about the allegations made by the Canadian PM about the involvement of the Indian government in the killing of Nijjar. He said America wants to see accountability. We want India to cooperate with Canada in this investigation.