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Ministry of external affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said Canada has blocked Australia Today, which is an important diaspora outlet
The Australia Today was blocked and is now unavailable for users in Canada. (Image: News18/screen grab)
India on Thursday said Canada banned an Australian media outlet, which is an important diaspora outlet, hours after it carried the news of a press conference of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s meeting with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong.
Ministry of external affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said Canada has banned Australia Today. The news outlet has been blocked and is no longer available for viewers in Canada.
“…Yes, you heard it correctly. We also understand that the social media handles and pages of this particular outlet, which is an important diaspora outlet, have been blocked and are no longer available for viewers in Canada. This happened just a few hours after this outlet carried a press conference of the External Affairs Minister along with Penny Wong. The outlet also published several articles on the visit of the External Affairs Minister, as well as an interview with him. So, we were surprised. It seems strange to us…” he told reporters during the ministry’s routine briefing.