'Not about strategic concerns, it's about human concerns': US envoy Eric Garcetti on Manipur violence

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US ambassador to India Eric Garcetti on Friday hoped that peace comes quickly to strife-torn Manipur and said that it isnt a matter of strategic but human concerns...

You dont have to be an Indian to care when children or individuals die in this sort of violence..

We know peace as a precedent for so many good things.. #WATCH | US ambassador to India Eric Garcetti speaks on Manipur violence, says, I dont think its about strategic concerns, its about human concerns..

Meanwhile, the Congress on Thursday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his silence on Manipur violence and said his behaviour is shockingly bizarre as he has neither issued an appeal for peace nor an expression of pain...

Congress general secretary, communications, Jairam Ramesh said that PM Modi has not said a single word on Manipur violence even after 66 days.. the Prime Minister is visiting Chhattisgarh and UP tomorrow..

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