Our focus is on ensuring parity in Canada’s diplomatic presence, he said.
Two weeks ago, New Delhi asked Ottawa to downsize its diplomatic presence in India.
The ties between India and Canada came under severe strain following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations of a “potential” involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar
in June.
India rejected the allegations as “absurd” and “motivated” and expelled a senior Canadian diplomat in a tit-for-tat move to Ottawa’s expulsion of an Indian official over the case.