I hope PM @JustinTrudeau and his family had a very enjoyable stay so far. I particularly look forward to meeting his children Xavier, Ella-Grace, and Hadrien. Here is a picture from my 2015 Canada visit, when I'd met PM Trudeau and Ella-Grace. pic.twitter.com/Ox0M8EL46x
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 22, 2018
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s India visit plunged into yet another controversy on Thursday over a dinner invitation to convicted Khalistan terrorist Jaspal Atwal by the Canadian High Commissioner to India. Photo: AP
- New Delhi: Expectations are low ahead of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s meeting with his host and counterpart Narendra Modi today, as the former’s India visit plunged into yet another controversy on Thursday over a dinner invitation to convicted Khalistan terrorist Jaspal Atwal by the Canadian High Commissioner to India.Both the countries, however, have indicated that they are looking at a fresh start to India-Canada ties.Here are the latest updates developments from the Modi-Trudeau meeting today:
- 7.45 am IST Unfair to raise my decades-old ‘criminal’ conviction’: Jaspal AtwalToronto: Convicted Khalistani terrorist Jaspal Atwal, who kicked up a controversy over an invitation to him by the Canadian mission in India to dine with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, on Thursday said it was unfair to raise his “criminal conviction” for a shooting incident in 1986. Atwal told Canada’s Postmedia that he did not plan to attend the dinner as he was in Mumbai on business, The Vancouver Sun reported. He blamed “enemies” for circulating the photos obtained by Postmedia and stressed that he travelled to India on his own on 11 February and is not part of any official government delegation. Atwal said in a series of text messages yesterday that he was in India for Media Waves, a Surrey online radio station. PTI
- 7.25 am IST PM Modi on meeting Justin Trudeau during his Canada visit in 2015
- 7.20 am IST Modi’s welcome tweet for Justin Trudeau
I look forward to meeting PM @JustinTrudeau tomorrow and holding talks on further strengthening India-Canada relations in all spheres. I appreciate his deep commitment to ties between our two countries.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 22, 2018 - 07.16 am IST Looking forward to meeting Justin Trudeau: Narendra ModiNew Delhi: Prime Minster Narendra Modi on Thursday said he looks forward to holding talks with his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau today to further strengthen relations between the two nations. “I look forward to meeting PM @JustinTrudeau tomorrow and holding talks on further strengthening India-Canada relations in all spheres. I appreciate his deep commitment to ties between our two countries,” Modi tweeted.Prime Minister Modi not receiving Trudeau at the airport, a courtesy he extended to some world leaders in the past, had triggered speculation in Canada that it was a snub to him for the rising Sikh radicalism in that country. PTI