India May Offer Mechanism to Address Canada's Concerns

India may offer Canada a mechanism to address the latter's concern over violent transnational crime on its territory, as a mean of transcending the irritants that have troubled the relationship.

- Anirudh Bhattacharyya

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney when they meet bilaterally for the first time, possibly on June 17, the person did not say whether the mechanism will be formal. But it will take into consideration the killing of pro-Khalistan figure Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, British Columbia, on June 18, 2023, as well as activities of Indian gangs like that led by Lawrence Bishnoi. In return, the person said, even as intelligence sharing has resumed between the two countries, enhanced cooperation, particularly with regard to separatists supporting or funding violence in India, will be expected from Ottawa.