Mumbai, Oct. 14 -- Canada's Minister of International Trade, Maninder Sidhu, on Wednesday said Ottawa was committed to ensuring community safety and maintaining dialogue with India on security and law enforcement issues amid concerns over Khalistani extremism.

Speaking to ANI here, Sidhu said both countries were continuing discussions at various levels to address security concerns and stressed that peaceful protests must not involve violence.

"What I would say is that a law enforcement dialogue is happening between both countries. As I said last week, a security dialogue took place between the highest authorities. We want to make sure that our communities are kept safe," Sidhu said.

Referring to protests in both countries, the Canadian...