The conference will also feature US National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard, Canadian Spy Chief Daniel Rogers and MI6 head of Britain Richard Moore. The conference will discuss ways to share intelligence information to deal with terrorism and many types of international crimes.
Why is Gabbard’s visit to India important?
Tulsi Gabbard’s visit to India is very important. It is believed that she will come to India on 15 March a day before the conference. Last month, PM Modi also met Gabbard in his/her US visit. Gabbard’s visit to India is India’s first high-level visit to a top official of Donald Trump administration. However, next month, US Vice President JD Vance is going to come on an official tour of India with his/her wife Usha Vance. This will be Gabbard’s second foreign trip after assuming the important position in the Trump administration. She went to Germany to attend the Munich Security Conference last month during her first foreign trip. Where he/she took a tough stand on terrorism.
Gabbard’s trend is very strict on terrorism and funding for him/her
Gabbard took a very tough stance on terrorism at the Munich conference last month. he/she had said, ‘Terrorism remains a constant threat, which requires a coordinated global response … We should stop and destroy terrorist organizations by targeting their ideology, leadership, command structures and financial networks. This effort requires close cooperation to share intelligence information, coordinate law enforcement activities and to prevent the flow of money to terrorist groups.
It will also be interesting to see if there is a discussion on the allegedly failed conspiracy of the murder of terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannu on US soil between Doval and Gabbard. In November 2023, American federal prosecutors accused Indian citizen Nikhil Gupta of working with an Indian government employee in a alleged failed conspiracy to kill Pannu in New York.
NSA Doval can meet separate meetings from many countries intelligence
Gabbard will attend the conference of intelligence heads, but it is very possible that she will also participate in the Raisina dialogue. She can also hold a separate bilateral meeting with NSA Ajit Doval. There may also be separate meetings with intelligence officials from some other countries of NSA.
Russia-Ukraine war in the conference, tension in West Asia can also be discussed
According to The New Indian Express report, the conference of security and intelligence heads may include heads of intelligence and security organizations from about 20 countries. The focus will have all the global challenges, including the Russia-Ukraine war and the influence of the struggle in the Middle East, which will discuss the intelligence veterans. They can also discuss Terror funding as well as methods of dealing with crimes in the digital world.
India is considering sending High Commissioner in Canada!
Apart from Tulsi Gabbard, the visit of Daniel Rogers, Chief of Canadian Security Intelligence Service, is also going to be very important. A day earlier, The ‘Hindu’ quoted sources in a news report that India is considering sending the High Commissioner to Canada. Justin Trudeau has been bid farewell to power in Canada and India is considering restoring high diplomatic relations to bring out the baptri relations. The two countries have been tension since 2023 when the then Canadian PM Justin Trudeau had suspected the role of Indian agents in the murder of Wanted terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in India. India rejected Trudeau’s allegations as absurd. In this context, Canada’s security intelligence service chief Rogers’s visit to India is very important. The interaction between him/her and NSA Doval can be indicating the future of the India-Canada relationship.
