Australia has termed Canada’s allegations about India’s involvement in the killing of a Khalistani terrorist as “concerning” and said the country is “monitoring these developments closely” and has raised the issues with its Indian counterparts.

“Look, these are concerning reports, and I note that investigations are still underway, but obviously these are concerning reports, and as I’ve said, we are monitoring these developments closely with our partners, and we’ll continue to do so,” Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said at a press conference in the UN Headquarters on Tuesday.

He was responding to a question on allegations by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of the involvement of agents of the Indian government in the killing of  Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

In response to a question about whether Australia has raised the issue with India, Wong said, “We have, Australia has raised these issues with our Indian counterparts, as you would expect us to do.”

She added that Australia has been “monitoring these developments with partners closely, we will continue to do so, and I will confirm that we have raised our concerns with India. I’m not going to go into any further detail on that.”

India has strongly rejected Trudeau’s allegations and said “allegations of Government of India’s involvement in any act of violence in Canada are absurd and motivated.”