India has filed an attraction with Qatar over the dying penalty to eight former Navy personnel, who have been arrested in August final 12 months over “confidential” causes. Additional authorized steps are additionally being pursued.
“As we have now knowledgeable earlier, the Court docket of First Occasion of Qatar handed a judgement on October 26 within the case involving 8 Indian workers of Al Dahra firm. The judgment is confidential and has solely been shared with the authorized staff. They’re now pursuing additional authorized steps and an attraction has been filed. We will even stay engaged with the Qatari authorities on this matter,” mentioned Arindam Bagchi, spokesperson, Ministry of Exterior Affairs, at a press briefing on Thursday.
Consular entry
The Indian Embassy in Qatar obtained one other consular entry to the detainees on November 7, he mentioned. “We’re in contact with the relations too and the EAM met them earlier this month in New Delhi. We’ll proceed to increase all authorized and consular help. I’d urge everybody to not interact in hypothesis contemplating the delicate nature of the case,” Bagchi added.
On whether or not India’s ongoing diplomatic spat with Canada can be mentioned on the India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue in New Delhi on Friday, Bagchi mentioned that India was open to discussing all points. “The two+2 is tomorrow… The US Secretary of Defence has simply landed and we predict the Secretary (of State) later within the night… Contemplating the character of our relationship and the worldwide strategic partnership, a wide range of points might be mentioned together with topical points, regional developments… On Canada, in the event that they want to focus on we’re blissful to debate all points,” Bagchi mentioned.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin are visiting India to attend the two+2 Ministerial Dialogue that they’ll co-chair with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
In September this 12 months, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged that hat he has “credible info” about India’s hyperlink within the killing of Khalistani militant Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada. The Ministry of Exterior Affairs had rejected the claims and mentioned Ottawa didn’t provide any “proof” that would confirm the Canadian PM’s declare. This has led to a diplomatic stand-off between the 2 nations which continues.
