NEW DELHI: Canada has recalled as many as 41 diplomats from India amid strained diplomatic tensions between the two countries.

This was confirmed by foreign minister of Canada Melanie Joly on Thursday (October 19).

India asked Canada two weeks ago to withdraw dozens of its diplomatic staff and threatened to remove their immunity if they remained, BBC reported.

India saying it would remove diplomatic immunity for Canadian envoys is a “violation of international law”, Joly said.

“If we allow the norm of diplomatic immunity to be broken, no diplomats anywhere on the planet would be safe,” Joly said.