Devyani's Situation Should Never Have Happened: Indian Envoy


Washington: Saying that "this situation should never have happened", Indian ambassador S. Jaishankar said conversations are underway to repair the avoidable damage done by the Khobragade affair to the India-U.S. relationship, which both sides consider "indispensable."

"For those of us who have devoted time and energy to building Indo-U.S. ties, the last few weeks have been truly distressing," he told a Washington audience Wednesday alluding to the worst diplomatic spat between the two countries over the Dec 12 arrest of an Indian diplomat.

"What I have encountered since my arrival is the sense that this situation should never have happened," said Jaishankar in his first public comments on U.S.-India relations at the Carnegie Endowment, a leading U.S. think tank.

"But since it did, we will now have to work through this problem. That is part of the conversations underway," he said.

"But what the issue does highlight is the need for greater sensitivity, for better understanding and for stronger oversight of our ties," said Jaishankar.

Asserting that "the grand strategy underwriting our ties is fundamentally sound," the envoy said: "It needs maintenance and from time to time, an upgrade. That puts the emphasis on detailing and problem solving."

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Source: IANS