Pro-Khalistan protesters demonstrate outside the Indian High Commission in London on March 22, 2023. (AP/PTI)
The Times quoted a Whitehall source as saying that Indians do not want to talk about trade until they get a very public show of condemnation of Khalistan extremism in Britain.
India has “pulled out” of trade talks with Britain after it was accused of failing to condemn the Sikh extremist group that attacked the Indian High Commission in London last month, The Times reported on Monday, citing British government sources. Has gone.
The incident took place on March 19, when protesters with Khalistan banners demonstrated at the High Commission and pulled down an Indian flag from the first floor balcony of the building to condemn the recent police crackdown in Punjab.
A Whitehall source told The Times, “The Indians don’t want to talk about trade until they get a very public demonstration of condemnation of Khalistan extremism in Britain.”
India said last month that it expected action against those involved in sabotage in its missions abroad and hoped that the host government would prosecute those involved in these incidents instead of giving assurances. At the weekly briefing on 24 March, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi also said that New Delhi expects host governments to take measures to prevent recurrence of such incidents.
Indian missions in London, British Columbia and San Francisco were vandalized allegedly by pro-Khalistan activists following the police crackdown against radical preacher Amritpal Singh in Punjab.
On March 19, supporters of the Khalistan movement pulled down the Indian flag at the country’s High Commission in London and broke a window of the building in anger against the move to arrest the elusive Amritpal Singh.
India’s foreign minister condemned the incident and summoned the UK’s Deputy High Commissioner in New Delhi to protest the breach of security at the embassy in London.
News agency PTI had reported that on March 22, police removed temporary security barricades outside the British High Commission in New Delhi.
Supporters of the Khalistan movement also ransacked the Indian Consulate in San Francisco on 20 March.
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