After the House of Commons speaker lauded a Nazi veteran in the chamber, At the same time Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was present, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a formal apology on Wednesday.

Additionally, Trudeau stated that Ottawa has previously apologized to Kyiv and Zelenskiy through diplomatic channels.

After openly praising veteran Yaroslav Hunka in the House last Friday and referring to him as a hero, Anthony Rota resigned as speaker of the House on Tuesday and claimed entire responsibility for what transpired. Hunka, a 98-year-old Ukrainian of Polish descent, participated in one of Adolf Hitler’s Waffen SS divisions during World War Two. Later, he moved to Canada.

According to Russia, the episode supports its claim that the goal of the Ukrainian conflict is to “denazify” the nation. Kyiv and its Western allies reject this claim as unfounded.

President Zelenskiy and the Ukrainian delegation deserve our sincere regrets for what happened on Friday, Trudeau said in a statement to the House on Wednesday. “On behalf of all of us in this House, I would like to present unreserved apologies,” he said.

It was a dreadful error and an insult to the memories of those who endured such suffering at the hands of the Nazi government for any of us to have unwittingly recognized this person.

The Canadian Parliament should formally condemn Nazism, according to a statement from the Kremlin earlier in the day.

In previous remarks to reporters, Trudeau said, “It is incredibly problematic to believe that Russia and its supporters are politicizing this egregious blunder to give misleading propaganda about what Ukraine is fighting for.

Hunka resides in the legislative district of Rota. Trudeau asserted that the speaker’s invitations were not subject to review by the Liberal administration.

Given that he had asked Zelenskiy to address the Canadian Parliament, the official opposition Conservatives claim that Trudeau was ultimately to blame for what transpired and have accused him of incompetence.

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, the foreign minister of India, stated on Tuesday that his country had informed Canada that it was willing to look into any “specific” or “relevant” evidence it provided on the murder of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

Last week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau claimed that Ottawa had reliable evidence connecting Indian operatives to the assassination. This statement sparked an outraged response from New Delhi, which rejected the claim.

Jaishankar provided specifics on India’s diplomatic activities in answer to questions about the claims at a Council on Foreign Relations event in New York.

We informed the Canadians that this was not the policy of the Indian government, he added. “Two,” we said, “we told the Canadians, saying, Look, if you have something specific, if you have something relevant, you know, let us know—we are open to looking at it.”

This week, India halted the issuance of new visas to Canadians and requested that Ottawa scale up its diplomatic representation there, citing a deteriorating security climate.

About separatists like Nijjar, he claimed that India has been “badgering the Canadians” about its allegations that organized criminals are located there. He also stated that India had submitted “a large number of extradition requests.”

“The picture is not complete without the context,” he continued. It would be best to recognize that organized crime has increased significantly in Canada over the past several years. This is due to separatist forces, organized crime, violence, and extremism, all of which are intricately linked.

The accusations have drawn the cautious concern of Canada’s allies, notably the U.S., who have encouraged India to assist Canada with its inquiry.

The United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom make up the Five Eyes intelligence partnership, which the U.S. ambassador to Canada said had acquired some information on the case.

Beijing and Washington announced Sunday that White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Malta for hours this weekend to improve relations.

On Sunday, the White House and Chinese foreign ministry said the Sept. 16-17 sessions were “candid, substantive and constructive” talks.

A senior Biden administration official said there were “limited” early signals that military communications between the two sides may resume.

Chinese officials did not discuss military-to-military communication.

Sullivan’s meeting with Wang was the latest in a series of high-level talks between U.S. and Chinese officials that could lead to a meeting between Biden and Jinping later this year.

Their presence comes amid a series of top-level Chinese government changes, including the disappearance of Defense Minister Li Shangfu and economic wobbles that have alarmed foreign capitals.

One senior Biden administration official told reporters that the Malta talks lasted 12 hours over two days. Sullivan last saw Wang in May in Vienna.

China’s foreign ministry said both parties agreed to maintain high-level exchanges and confer on Asia-Pacific, maritime, and foreign policy.

The U.S. official said the U.S. told China it was ready to work together on counter-narcotics, artificial intelligence, and climate change despite concerns over unspecified Chinese support for Russia and Beijing sending fighter jets across the Taiwan Strait median line.

Wang warned the U.S. that Taiwan is the “first insurmountable red line of Sino-U.S. relations,” the Chinese foreign ministry said. China claims the self-ruled island.

Wang also stated that China’s “strong internal momentum” and “Chinese people’s legitimate right to development cannot be deprived.”

China claimed that the U.S. has suppressed and contained its expansion despite inviting healthy competition based on fair norms that benefit both countries.

The U.S. official said “there have been some small or limited indications” that Beijing is ready to reopen some cross-military communications used to de-escalate conflict after former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Aug. 2022 visit to Taiwan enraged China.

The White House said both sides “committed to maintain this strategic channel of communication and to pursue additional high-level engagement and consultations in key areas… in the coming months.”

Biden lamented that Xi skipped a Group of 20 summit in India this month, but he would “get to see him.” Xi and Biden may meet during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference in San Francisco in November, something U.S. aides have hoped for months.

After the U.S. military shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon over the U.S., Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and Biden climate envoy John Kerry visited China this year to resolve tensions and maintain communication.

Biden and Xi last met in 2022 in Bali as part of a G20 summit.