Canada says its citizens worried about 'foreign interference'

Canada, without naming India, said on Tuesday (New York time) that its citizens were worried about "foreign interference" even as it tried to reach out to New Delhi through diplomatic channels.

Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Canada's envoy to the UN Bob Rae said: "We cannot bend the rules of state-to-state relations for political expediency because we've seen and continue to see the extent to which democracies are under threat through various means of foreign interference."

"But the truth is, if we don't adhere to the rules that we've agreed to, the very fabric of our open and of our free societies may start to tear," he added.


Later, Rae said his Indian counterpart Ruchira Kamboj met him on the sidelines of UNGA. "She pulled me aside to say it's important that we keep working together as the governments try to work out the situation that has to be worked on."