A day after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office said spoke with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi about the ‘recent protests’In an apparent reference to the ongoing farmer turmoil, the Foreign Ministry (MEA) said Trudeau has praised the central government’s way of trying to resolve the deadlock with protesting farmers through “dialogue as befits democracy”.
“On the farmers’ protests, Prime Minister Trudeau praised the Indian government’s efforts to choose the path of dialogue as befits democracy,” MEA spokesman Anurag Srivastava said in a statement. “Trudeau also recognized his government’s responsibility to provide protection to Indian diplomatic personnel and facilities in Canada.”
On Thursday, Trudeau said that he had a “good discussion” with his Indian counterpart on many important issues, including the “commitment of two nations to democratic principles, recent protests and the importance of solving problems through dialogue,” said a statement from the Canadian government.
“I had a good discussion with Prime Minister @NarendraModi on many important issues and we agreed to stay in touch,” Trudeau tweeted.
“The leaders discussed Canada and India’s commitment to democratic principles, recent protests and the importance of solving problems through dialogue,” the Canadian prime minister’s office said in a statement. However, the reference to “recent protests” was not part of the Indian government reading of telephone conversation held between Prime Minister Modi and Trudeau on Wednesday.
Watch out for Sikh voters
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a large and influential Sikh diaspora as a political constituency; his comments on the farmers’ protests in December stem from that. His reiteration of this, regarding the phone call he had with Modi, aims to consolidate the constituency.
In his Wednesday tweet about the conversation, Modi had said: “I was happy to get a call from my friend @JustinTrudeau. He assured him that India would do everything possible to facilitate the supply of the COVID vaccines requested by Canada. We also agreed to continue collaborating on other important issues such as climate change and global economic recovery ”.
In December, Trudeau’s statement on the farmers’ protests had prompted New Delhi to summon the Canadian envoy. and warning that such “actions” could have a “seriously damaging impact” on bilateral relations. He also criticized “misinformed comments” on the “internal affairs of a democratic country.”
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