A furious India retaliated with a slew of measures to pare down the privileges of American diplomats after details of Devyani Khobragade's arrest became public.
The Indian foreign secretary, Sujatha Singh, summoned the American ambassador to India, Nancy J. Powell, and lodged a strong protest at the “unacceptable treatment” of the diplomat.
The retaliatory measures taken by Indian officers include, Downgrading privileges enjoyed by US diplomats and their families, including withdrawing of airport passes and stopping import clearances for the US Embassy. India has also asked all US Consulate personnel and their families to turn in their ID cards immediately which will now be downgraded on par with what the US provides to Indian Consulates.
Indian officials have demanded that the American embassy should provide details about all the Indians it employs, as well as the names and salaries of teachers at the American Embassy School. They also demanded that the American embassy commissary should stop importing liquor to India and that diplomatic identification cards for American consular staff members and their families be returned.
Indian officials, in addition have removed the maze of concrete security barriers surrounding the American Embassy compound in India.
The Indian national security adviser, Shivshankar Menon, has called such treatment “despicable” and “barbaric.”
Indian Parliamentarians on Wednesday voiced outrage at the treatment meted out to Deputy Consul General in New York Devyani Khobragade, demanding strong retaliatory action by the government and apology by the US.
The Indian foreign secretary, Sujatha Singh, summoned the American ambassador to India, Nancy J. Powell, and lodged a strong protest at the “unacceptable treatment” of the diplomat.
The retaliatory measures taken by Indian officers include, Downgrading privileges enjoyed by US diplomats and their families, including withdrawing of airport passes and stopping import clearances for the US Embassy. India has also asked all US Consulate personnel and their families to turn in their ID cards immediately which will now be downgraded on par with what the US provides to Indian Consulates.
Indian officials have demanded that the American embassy should provide details about all the Indians it employs, as well as the names and salaries of teachers at the American Embassy School. They also demanded that the American embassy commissary should stop importing liquor to India and that diplomatic identification cards for American consular staff members and their families be returned.
Indian officials, in addition have removed the maze of concrete security barriers surrounding the American Embassy compound in India.
The Indian national security adviser, Shivshankar Menon, has called such treatment “despicable” and “barbaric.”
Indian Parliamentarians on Wednesday voiced outrage at the treatment meted out to Deputy Consul General in New York Devyani Khobragade, demanding strong retaliatory action by the government and apology by the US.
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