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Seems like Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hasn't learnt his lesson. Trudeau said his country stands by the international rules-based order and repeated his charge on India's role in the killing of Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar stating that there are "credible reasons" to believe the same.
Addressing a press conference at Canada's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York on Thursday, Justin Trudeau said, "As I said on Monday, there are credible reasons to believe that agents of the Goverment of India were involved in the killing of a Canadian on Canadian soil. That is ...there is something of utmost foundational importance in a country's rule of law in a world where international rules-based order matters...we have rigorous and independent judges and robust processes.."
During the press conference, the Canadian Prime Minister took questions about Canada's tensions with India, after both countries took a series of diplomatic steps against each other.
Justin Trudeau said, "We call upon the Government of India to take seriously this matter and to work with us to shed full transparency and ensure accountability and justice in this matter."
"We are a country of the rule of law. We are going to continue to do the work necessary to keep Canadians safe and to uphold our values and the international rules-based order. That's our focus right now," he said.
Justin Trudeau further said in response to a query, "We are standing for the rule of law or highlighting how unacceptable it would be for any country to be involved in the killing of a citizen on its own soil."
"I think it is important that as a country with a strong, independent justice system ... we allow those justice processes to unfold themselves with the utmost integrity. but I assure this decision to share these allegations on the floor in the House of Commons on Monday morning was not made lightly and was done with utmost seriousness," Canada's PM said.
Trudeau also highlighted the conversation he had with PM Modi. "I had a direct and frank conversation, with the Prime Minister (Modi), in which I shared my concerns in no uncertain terms...".