Key Points
US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti said that India and America are working jointly to probe the allegations of an attempt to kill Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on US soil..
"I think, strongly, but so far, everything that's been asked of the Indian government has been done..
Referring to the Pannun murder plot, Garcetti said that a "red line" should not be crossed and "no country" or "no government employee" should be involved in the assassination of a foreign national.. "For any of us, just abstractly, there has to be a red line..
"I was very pleased that India put together this commission of inquiry, put senior people who are experienced in law enforcement on that, and that they have been digging in on this side domestically to uncover any evidence that would show a murder for hire plot that included anybody who was from the Indian government," Eric Garcetti said...
Eric Garcetti rejected the claims that the US is "tone-deaf" on the issue and added that the country is aware of the history of the Khalistani issue in India...
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