MEA to host govts: Want action, not assurance

Bagchi said India had raised the issue with the authorities in Canada, where the Indian High Commissioner was forced to cancel an event appearance.

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Ministry of External Affairs official spokesperson Arindam Bagchi

DAYS AFTER the Indian missions in the UK and the US were vandalised by groups of people chanting pro-Khalistan slogans, the Indian government said on Friday that it expects to see action against the perpetrators of vandalism and hoped the host governments would “prosecute those involved in these incidents instead of holding out assurances”.

New Delhi had summoned diplomats from the UK and the US to convey its displeasure and had lodged a strong protest.

Addressing the weekly briefing on Friday, Ministry of External Affairs official spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said New Delhi expects the host governments to take measures to prevent recurrence of such incidents. “I think we are not just interested in assurances, I think we would like to see action,” he said.

Bagchi said India had raised the issue with the authorities in Canada, where the Indian High Commissioner was forced to cancel an event appearance.

“It is our expectation that in any country our diplomats can perform their legitimate and normal diplomatic duties and that the host government will ensure a conducive environment for doing so,” he said.

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