Justin Trudeau coldly welcomed in India

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Tuesday, February 20, 2018 07:25

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BOMBAY | The visit to India of the Prime minister of canada Justin Trudeau was marked on Tuesday, the 3rd day of his trip, by the speculations of the press about the reception cold, which is reserved for it by New Delhi.

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Media the indians and the canadians say that the government of Narendra Modi is offended by what he perceives as a sympathy of the directors Trudeau for separatism sikh – that denies the canadian government.

The sikhs constitute a significant community of half a million people in Canada, within which there is a support of the movement of Khalistan. The latter calls for independence in the indian region of Punjab (north), the land of sikhism, and has waged a fierce insurgency, finally crushed in the 1990s.

“The issue of Khalistan, which has refreshed the relations India-Canada during the three decades since 1980, has returned to the surface, removing the bulk of the heat” of the visit, noted Tuesday, the daily indian The Hindu.

If an official source of india has denied any disagreement, the observers have not failed to notice the small signs of protocol.

On his arrival in New Delhi this weekend, Justin Trudeau was received at the airport by a minister of the second rank, edged with the reception staff and loving that has been reserved by Narendra Modi to several heads of State or government in recent months.

The strong man of India has not accompanied the canadian leader in his State of Gujarat (west) nor has he tweeted to welcome to its 40 million subscribers, as usual.

In comparison, the hindu nationalist had accompanied on any part of his trip the israeli Prime minister last month.

Benjamin Netanyahu had also been received at the Taj Mahal by the chief minister of the largest State of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, when only district leaders were waiting for his canadian counterpart.

New Delhi accuses Ottawa of supporting the separatist groups punjabis assets on its soil, although the minister of the canadian Defence Harjit Sajjan – sikh himself, has publicly denied.

The four ministers of indo-canadians of the Trudeau government, are original to the sikh.

The liberal Prime minister is mindful of this community electorally important. Last year, he attended a parade which had been glorified rebel sikhs killed in the siege of the Golden temple in 1984, sparking protests in india.

This military operation against the holy place of sikhism had led to the assassination of the prime minister of india of that time, Indira Gandhi.

After a meeting of businessmen on Tuesday in Bombay, Justin Trudeau will visit Wednesday to the Golden temple of Amritsar (north). He will finally Narendra Modi Friday in New Delhi.