Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he only went public with a murder allegation involving India¡¯s government after Indian officials rejected a lengthy behind-the-scenes effort to address the matter diplomatically.
He said Canadian officials had first sought cooperation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi¡¯s government ¡°in a responsible way¡± that doesn¡¯t ¡°blow up the relationship between Canada and India,¡± especially given India was about to host a Group of 20 leaders summit at the time.
¡°We had the opportunity of making it a very uncomfortable summit for India if we went public with these allegations ahead of time,¡± Trudeau said, recalling the discussions in August 2023. ¡°We chose not to. We chose to continue to work behind the scenes to try to get India to cooperate with us.¡±
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