(VOVWORLD) - Canada has withdrawn 41 diplomats from India amid a dispute over the murder of a Sikh separatist, Canadian foreign minister Melanie Joly said on Thursday.
Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly (Photo: Politico) |
But she added that Canada will not take retaliatory steps.
Joly said India had threatened to unilaterally revoke the diplomats’ official status by Friday unless they left.