NEW DELHI: India’s government said Saturday that there was no standoff with the United States over the arrest and strip search of an Indian diplomat in New York, as both countries appear eager to defuse the monthlong dispute.
After meeting with the diplomat, Devyani Khobragade, following her return to New Delhi, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid downplayed tensions with the U.S., saying the two countries would sort out their issues. Khobragade, India’s deputy consul general in New York,was indicted by a U.S. federal grand jury on accusations that she exploited her Indian-born housekeeper and nanny,
allegedly having her work more than 100 hours a week for low pay and lying about it on a visa form. She denies the charge.
She was allowed to return home in an apparent compromise with India, and arrived in New Delhi on Friday night.
“There is no reason now to feel any immediate concern about any outcome that might be adverse or particularly
disturbing in nature,” Khurshid told reporters Saturday. “In due course, we will take up all issues one by one and sort
them out.”
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