Washington: Secretary of State John Kerry called a senior Indian official on Wednesday to express his "regret" over an incident in which law enforcement officials in New York arrested an Indian diplomat last week and strip-searched her.
Kerry's call to the official, Shivshankar Menon, India's national security adviser, was disclosed by the State Department in a statement.
The Indian government has complained bitterly about the treatment of the diplomat, Devyani Khobragade. In New Delhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called the arrest deplorable, Indian newspaper editorials expressed outrage, and the police removed barriers meant to protect the U.S. Embassy.
The U.S. Marshals Service, which handled her detention, said that she had been subjected to the standard detention procedures for "arrestees within the general prisoner population."
"As the father of two daughters about the same age as Devyani Khobragade, the secretary empathizes with the sensitivities we are hearing from India about the events that unfolded after Ms. Khobragade's arrest," the State Department said in its statement.
Kerry's call to the official, Shivshankar Menon, India's national security adviser, was disclosed by the State Department in a statement.
The Indian government has complained bitterly about the treatment of the diplomat, Devyani Khobragade. In New Delhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called the arrest deplorable, Indian newspaper editorials expressed outrage, and the police removed barriers meant to protect the U.S. Embassy.
The U.S. Marshals Service, which handled her detention, said that she had been subjected to the standard detention procedures for "arrestees within the general prisoner population."
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"As the father of two daughters about the same age as Devyani Khobragade, the secretary empathizes with the sensitivities we are hearing from India about the events that unfolded after Ms. Khobragade's arrest," the State Department said in its statement.
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