Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau and his total delegation have been pressured to increase their keep in New Delhi for the G20 summit by an additional day after his plane broke down, Canadian officers confirmed.

Trudeau arrived in India for the assembly of the leaders of 20 main economies on Friday.

He was attributable to return residence on Sunday after laying a wreath at a memorial to Indian independence chief Mahatma Gandhi, however a mechanical fault stored him in India in a single day.

The Canadian High Commission in New Delhi referred AFP to an announcement from Trudeau’s workplace saying that the Canadian air power, which operates the airplane, had knowledgeable the delegation it “was experiencing technical difficulties”.

“These issues are not fixable overnight, our delegation will be staying in India until alternative arrangements are made,” it added.

Canada’s CTV recognized the airplane as an Airbus, saying it was not clear when it could have the ability to return, including it “isn’t the first time” it had had issues.

Trudeau’s presence on the G20 summit was lower-key than a few of his G7 counterparts, and got here in opposition to a backdrop of tensions between his authorities and host India over Ottawa’s dealing with of rightwing Sikh separatists.

New Delhi accuses Ottawa of turning a blind eye to the actions of radical Sikh nationalists who search a separate Sikh homeland in northern India.

Trudeau isn’t the one world determine to have been a sufferer of issues with an plane points in current months. In August, Germany’s overseas minister, Annalena Baerbock, was forced to abandon a visit to Oceania after an issue along with her authorities airplane twice pressured it to return to Abu Dhabi.

In June, the New Zealand defence power airplane ferrying the nation’s prime minister, Chris Hipkins, to China was judged so unreliable {that a} backup airplane flew in reserve. Former prime ministers Dame Jacinda Ardern and Sir John Key have beforehand develop into caught throughout journeys world wide after RNZAF Boeing 757s and Hercules plane broke down.

With Agence France-Presse