National Post: Canada will "adjust" the number of embassy staff in India

2023-09-21T09:05:38.107Z

Highlights: The Foreign Ministry acknowledged that the level of tension between Canada and India has increased. Some employees of the Canadian embassy in India began to receive threats on social networks. "For reasons of caution, we decided to temporarily "adjust" the number of personnel in India," the statement said. Earlier, the Indian Foreign Ministry announced the expulsion of a high-ranking Canadian diplomat, he was asked to leave the country within five days. The diplomat's statement was at the disposal of the National Post, a Canadian newspaper.

Canadian Foreign Ministry spokesman Jean-Pierre Godbu said that the Canadian authorities intend to "adjust" the number of employees of the country's embassy in India in connection with the crisis in relations between the two countries.