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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi and Leyland Cecco in Toronto

India orders Canada to remove 41 diplomats from Delhi embassy

Indian police outside the Canadian embassy in Delhi last month.
Indian police outside the Canadian embassy in Delhi last month. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

India has told Canada it must remove 41 diplomats from its embassy in Delhi amid a continuing diplomatic spat over Canadian accusations that India may have been involved in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader.

According to officials who spoke to the Financial Times, the Indian foreign ministry has given Canada a week to repatriate two-thirds of its diplomats stationed in India, reducing the number to 21. India’s ministry of external affairs declined to comment. An official familiar with the matter confirmed the report to the Associated Press.

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