US-India diplomatic storm may blow over - OP-ED - Asian Review - Globaltimes.cn

The US and India has been caught up in a diplomatic row in recent days over the US arrest of Devyani Khobragade, India's deputy consul general in New York, who was accused of visa fraud and abusing her Indian maid. Khobragade claimed she was mistreated, which aroused a storm of public outcry in India over the humiliation by the US.

Indignant groups staged protests in front of the US Embassy in India and burned effigies of US President Barack Obama. Some Indian opposition leaders demanded the Manmohan Singh government register the "strongest protest" with the US government for the "lack of respect for India." Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid told parliament that "It is no longer about an individual, it is about our sense of self as a nation and our place in the world."

India has retaliated against US diplomats by demanding to know the salaries paid to Indian employees by the US embassy households and removing security barricades near the US embassy. "
US-India diplomatic storm may blow over - OP-ED - Asian Review - Globaltimes.cn:

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