New Delhi: Ignoring the US viewpoint, India has refused to consider the Devyani Khobragade episode as “closed”, saying there are “residual” issues which need to be addressed.
Foreign secretary Sujatha Singh said India has made its expectations clear to the US on the issue and hoped that it will be resolved.
“There are residual issues,” she said when asked whether the Khobragade episode was a closed chapter as was being treated by the US. However, she refused to elaborate further on what steps were needed from the US to satisfy India. Ms Singh said the US interlocutors were conveyed India's expectations on the issue and expressed unhappiness over the filing of second indictment against Ms Khobragade on charges of visa fraud. “We would have preferred that it (second indictment) did not happen.”
