After New Delhi threatened to suspend diplomatic immunity, Canada withdrew 41 diplomats from India

 After New Delhi threatened to suspend diplomatic immunity, Canada withdrew 41 diplomats from India

From this point on, just 21 Canadian ambassadors would be stationed in India, according to Foreign Minister Melanie Joly. India has already given Canada until October 20 to decrease its diplomatic personnel.

41 Canadian diplomats and 42 other staff members have left India after New Delhi threatened to strip their diplomatic immunity.

Melanie Joly, the foreign minister of Canada, said, "As of now, I can confirm the nation has formally conveyed its plan to fraudulently remove diplomatic immunity for all but 21 Canadian diplomats and spouses in Delhi by October 20." This came amid heightened diplomatic tensions between India and Canada. This would put the personal safety of 41 Canadian ambassadors and their 42 families in peril of having their immunity revoked on an arbitrary date. What this signifies for our activities in India may be a question for Canadians who are watching.

 Without a doubt, India's choice will affect the quality of services provided to Consulates in both nations. Unfortunately, all in-person services at our consulates in Chandigarh, Mumbai, and Bangalore must be suspended.

I always have the well-being of Canadians and our ambassadors in mind first. We have assisted their safe departure from India due to the repercussions of India's actions on the safety of our diplomats, according to Joly, who added that this implies our diplomats and their families have already departed.

"It is illegal under international law and blatantly against the Geneva Convention on Diplomatic Relations to unilaterally revoke the diplomatic privilege and immunity. Threatening to do so is absurd and destabilizing, Joly continued.

The foreign minister of Canada went on to say that this would affect the quality of services provided to inhabitants of both nations, and that his nation was stopping in-person services in three important Indian cities.

After New Delhi vehemently disagreed with Canadian Justin Trudeau's, the statement in the Parliament the previous week that there are "credible allegations" of Indian responsibility for the death of Nijjar, a 45-year-old Sikh leader who was shot dead by masked gunmen in Surrey, outside of Vancouver, relations between the two countries deteriorated.

Despite Nijjar's denials, India has long claimed that the Canadian citizen, who was born in India, had ties to terrorism.

India also cancelled Canadians' visas in the meanwhile, but Canada took no action in response. After Canada dismissed a senior Indian ambassador, India earlier expelled a senior Canadian diplomat.