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Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar expressed his displeasure over the March 19 violence at the Indian High Commission in London, stating that he is deeply bothered when India is not respected...
While speaking on a podcast, The Ranveer Show, he said, I had actually landed from a plane, when I saw this man climbing up the Indian High Commission in London and was trying to pull down the flag It got under my skin.".
Earlier, Jaishankar stated that India rejects different security standards and accused the UK of failing to provide adequate security for Indian diplomats in missions located in their country..
On the flag and the security of the high commission, in this particular case in the UK whenever any country sends an embassy anywhere abroad, it is the obligation of the receiving country to provide security for a diplomat to do his work..
Incidentally, Avtar Singh, alleged chief of the designated terror group Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) Khanda and orchestrator of violence at the Indian High Commission, reportedly died on June 15 at Sandwell Hospital in Birmingham..
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