No Apology Or Withdrawal Of Charges Against Indian Diplomat: U.S.

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"We make those obligations very clear and we take any allegations that they haven’t done so very seriously. So certainly, there’s no discussion like that going on. We just want the process to move forward," she added.

She refused to distance the State Department from alleged highly rhetorical statement of Preet Bharara, the U.S. prosecutor handling the case, as was being reported from India.

The report came following the telephonic conversation between the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Wendy Sherman, and India’s Foreign Secretary, Sujatha Singh.

Contrardicting Salman Khursheed’s statement, Harf said no telephonic conversations between him and John Kerry was planned and nothing is scheduled as of now.

"No plans (for Kerry) to (call Khursheed)," she said in response to a question.

Khurshid had said, "I was not available when John Kerry called. We are trying to lock a time for a call this evening or may be tomorrow. Kerry is in the Philippines and there is a huge time difference."

Kerry is on a year-end family vacation and would return to Washington after holidays, she said.

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Source: PTI