When requested whether or not Canada’s improved relationship with India was a results of the US indictment towards Nikhil Gupta, an Indian nationwide, in a murder-for-hire plot to kill Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil, Thomas stated: “The two are connected for sure.”

“The information that they revealed supported our position and our assertions with India. India is working with us, and my counterpart, in particular, far more closely to resolve this,” stated Thomas.