India and Canada are in conversation about attaining “parity” in the diplomatic staff posted in each other’s missions, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.
During his weekly press briefing, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi reiterated India’s charge of Canadian “interference” in India’s internal affairs and indicated that India expects Canada to reduce the total number of its diplomats stationed here.
“Insofar as the discussions on parity... Given the much higher presence of Canadian diplomats here and their continued interference in our internal affairs, discussions are ongoing on the modalities of achieving this,” Mr. Bagchi said, adding, “I would assume that there would be a reduction.”
