Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannu on Monday released a video warning people not to fly Air India flights between November 1 and 19. At present, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has reacted to this. Late on Monday, he said the Indian government was not aware of any specific threats to Air India and its passengers.
Pannu’s new threat comes in the wake of growing threats to bomb Indian passenger flights, including Air India and Air India Express flights. More than 100 such threats were made last week.
Asked about the threats, the foreign minister said: “I am not aware of any specific threats today… but we have seen in the past threats against our airlines, our parliaments, our diplomats, the high commission and our “All of these are concerning issues…”
Foreign Affairs Minister’s goals for Canada
Jaishankar may have sidestepped the issue of threats, but he is targeting Canada at a time when relations between India and Canada are strained. There is a dispute between India and Canada over the killing of another Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Vancouver last June. Canada has accused Indian agents of involvement in the murder of Canadian citizen Nijjar.
Targeting Canada, the foreign minister wrote: “There is a subtlety involved in such threats…that the Canadian government calls ‘free speech.'” But my question to them is – if you received these threats, would you take them lightly? If your airlines, your parliament, your diplomats are threatened…then that’s a big problem.
Last week, Canada’s federal police claimed that India’s top diplomat in Canada was working with organized crime gangs such as Lawrence Bishnoi and targeting Canadian citizens.
India has consistently rejected Canada’s accusations and said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was making such accusations against India for vote bank purposes. India also criticized Trudeau for granting political asylum to Khalistanis.
Foreign Minister says on start of patrols with China
India and China reached a new agreement to withdraw troops and resume patrols along the Line of Actual Control. This information was provided by Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Monday. The Foreign Minister has responded to the agreement. He said: “I can also say what the Foreign Secretary said, we have reached an agreement on patrols so that we are back to where we were in 2020. “We can say that the ongoing negotiating phase with China is now over… “
Jaishankar said that the agreement reached with China is the result of continued and patient diplomacy. “I think now we will be able to produce gasoline like we did in 2020,” he said. “This is a good and positive development.” I would say this is the result of a lot of patience and a very determined diplomatic effort. We have been negotiating since I met with then Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Moscow in September 2020… I think this will bring peace and harmony on the border like we had before 2020.
