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India is a perpetrator of foreign interference and espionage, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service claimed in a on Wednesday.

In its annual report submitted to the country’s Parliament, the spy agency stated that India, China, Russia, Iran and Pakistan were the “main perpetrators of foreign interference and espionage” efforts against the North American country.

“Indian officials, including their Canada-based proxy agents, engage in a range of activities that seek to influence Canadian communities and politicians,” alleged the agency. “When these activities are deceptive, clandestine or threatening, they are deemed to be foreign interference.”

India’s Ministry of External Affairs has not commented on the allegations so far. However, it had earlier of foreign interference previously made by Canada.

The intelligence agency claimed that these activities “attempt to steer Canada’s positions into alignment with India’s interests on key issues, particularly with respect to how the Indian government perceives Canada-based supporters of an independent homeland that they call Khalistan”.

The report came at a time when New Delhi and Ottawa are seeking to diplomatic relations.

Ties between India and Canada had strained in September 2023 after , the Canadian prime minister at the time, told his country’s Parliament that intelligence agencies were actively pursuing “credible allegations” tying agents of the Indian government to the murder of...