REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW DELHI, Oct 22 (Reuters) - India on Sunday said its relationship with Canada is passing through a difficult phase and there had been "continued interference" by Canadian personnel in New Delhi's internal affairs. Canada had to withdraw 41 of its diplomats from India on Thursday as New Delhi decided to unilaterally revoke their official diplomatic status. Trudeau said on Friday the Indian government's crackdown on Canadian diplomats was making normal life difficult for millions of people in both countries. Jaishankar said India had invoked diplomatic parity under the Vienna convention, "because we had concerns about continuous interference in our affairs by Canadian personnel". He said India would resume the issuance of visas if there was progress in the safety of its diplomats working there.

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Persons: Jaishankar, Amr Alfiky, Justin Trudeau, Trudeau, Melanie Joly, Jaishankare, Nidhi Verma, David Holmes Organizations: Affairs, United Nations Security Council, United Nations General Assembly, REUTERS, Sunday, Canadian, Thomson Locations: U.N, New York City, U.S, DELHI, India, Canada, British Columbia, New Delhi, Vienna