Blinken on Canada-India Rift: ‘Those Responsible Must Be Held Accountable’

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, at the State Department in Washington on Sept. 28, 2023. The Canadian Press/AP-Stephanie Scarbrough

America’s top diplomat is again urging India and Canada to work together on bringing Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killers to justice—and hopefully forestall a deepening of a serious geopolitical rift between two important allies.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he delivered that message Thursday during his meeting in Washington, D.C., with Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India’s external affairs minister.