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New Delhi, April 18
Responding to Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s allegations on his being a Khalistani sympathiser, visiting Canadian Defence Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan on Tuesday said, “I don’t promote the breaking up of any country.”
Speaking at a function organised by think-tank Observer Research Organisation in New Delhi, he said, “I don’t want to get sucked into internal politics of any province or nation.”
My job is to build relationship with India,” he said.
The Punjab CM has said Sajjan was a sympathiser of the Khalistan movement which talked about a separate Sikh state carved out of India.
Sajjan was asked about India’s concerns over Khalistanis to which he had responded and also said over the years he has been given many labels.
“I have been involved in uniform — either police or military uniform. India and Canada have great opportunity to build a defence relationship. We want to move things forward. India has tremendous experience in conflict resolution,” Sajjan said.
On Taliban, the Canadian defence minister said it needs to be studied how it grew. During his days in the Canadian Military Sajjan has served in Afghanistan.
Speaking about the ISIS, he said the bigger concern is not just Iraq but to prevent them from building up further.
