Diplomatic standoff won’t affect IPACC: Top Army officer

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The ongoing diplomatic standoff between India and Canada will not impact the Indo-Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference (IPACC) to be held in Delhi next week which will also see participation from the Canadian Army, a senior Army officer said Wednesday. Talking to mediapersons during a curtain raiser to the conference, Major General Abhinaya Rai, who is the Additional Director General, Strategic Planning said the standoff will not impact the multilateral event and Canada being part of IPACC will be an important partner in this journey. “It does not impact us,” he said, adding that India has always continued to engage neighbours...