New Delhi: The small suburb of the Pro-Khalistan element in Canada spreads anti-Indian feelings and the government remains engaged to the country for this issue, the State Minister for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said on Thursday.
He told Rajya Sabha that the two governments have recognized the fundamental principle of respect for the sovereignty, the territory and integrity of Indian and Canadian territories as a bilateral bond.
“Most people from India in Canada share warm emotional bonds with India and have worked for improved relations between India and Canada,” Muraleedharan said.
“There is a small group of pro-Khalistan elements in Canada which spread anti-Indian feelings through their extremist statements and activities,” he said.
The minister answered the question.
“The Indian government remains closely involved with the Canadian government to overcome our concerns related to anti-india activities by extremist elements,” he said.
Muraleedharan said the government maintained close contact with Indians in Canada, and its policy was to make sustainable efforts to strengthen bata with the community.
For separate questions, he said there was no promise or commitment made by India and Japan to spend USD 10 billion and funding patterns under public-private partnerships for the African Asia-African Growth Corridor.
Muraleedharan, referred to a statement with India-Japan 2017, said the prime ministries from the two countries welcomed efforts to explore the development of industrial corridors and industrial networks for Asian and African growth.
In a joint statement, he said two prime ministers expressed their strong commitment to work together to increase connectivity in India and with other countries in the Indo-Pacific region including Africa.