India flag taken down in UK, British dy high commissioner summoned

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The senior-most UK diplomat in New Delhi was summoned late evening today to convey Indias strong protest at the actions taken by separatist and extremist elements against the Indian High Commission in London earlier in the day, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement...

HOURS AFTER a group of people chanting pro-Khalistan slogans took down the Indian flag at the High Commission in London, the Indian government on Sunday summoned the senior-most UK diplomat and lodged a strong protest...

She [Deputy High Commissioner Christina Scott] was reminded in this regard of the basic obligations of the UK Government under the Vienna Convention, it said.. India finds unacceptable the indifference of the UK Government to the security of Indian diplomatic premises and personnel in the UK, the MEA said, adding, It is expected that the UK Government would take immediate steps to identify, arrest and prosecute each one of those involved in todays incident, and put in place stringent measures to prevent the recurrence of such incidents...

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