US Ambassador Eric Garcetti, responding to a question on바카라 웹사이트whether the violence in Manipur over the past two months, including deaths and attacks on the state라이브 바카라 Christian minority, were a matter of concern for the US, said that it is a matter of human concerns. He said that was US was ready to offer assistance if asked
The United States has 'human concerns' about the ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur and is willing to bring 'more collaboration, more projects, more investment' once바카라 웹사이트peace is ensured바카라 웹사이트in the state,바카라 웹사이트US Ambassador Eric Garcetti said.바카라 웹사이트Nearly 120 people have died and more than 3,000 injured in the ethnic violence in Manipur since May 3.
While speaking at a press meet바카라 웹사이트at the American Center in Kolkata on Thursday, Garcetti acknowledged the progress in the region and바카라 웹사이트reiterated US's assistance to redress the violence in Manipur.
"We know peace as a precedent for so many good things. There has been so much progress in the Northeast and the East...We stand ready to assist in any ways if asked. We know it's an Indian matter and we pray for that peace and that it may come quickly. Because we can bring more collaboration, more projects, more investment if that peace is in place," he said.
He was responding to a question on바카라 웹사이트whether the violence in Manipur over the past two months, including deaths and attacks on the state라이브 바카라 Christian minority, were a matter of concern for the US.
In response Garcetti said that it is not a matter of strategic concerns, but of human concerns. "You don't have to be an Indian to care when children or individuals die in this sort of violence," he said.
Garcetti's remarks come at a time when violence in Manipur continues with the바카라 웹사이트Congress alleging바카라 웹사이트that the BJP and its "divisive politics" are responsible for the present situation in the state.바카라 웹사이트
Reacting to Eric Garcetti's remarks on Manipur violence, Congress leader Manish Tewari바카라 웹사이트said that it is바카라 웹사이트very rare for a US envoy to make such a statement on India's internal affairs.바카라 웹사이트"To the best of my recollection going back at least 4 decades in Public life I have never heard a US Ambassador making a statement of this nature about the internal affairs of India," Manish Tewari said.
"We faced Challenges in Punjab, J&K , North East over the decades and surmounted those with sagacity & wisdom. I doubt if the New바카라 웹사이트@USAmbIndia @ericgarcettz is cognisant of the convoluted & torturous history of US-India relations & our sensitivity about interference perceived or real, well intentioned or mal intentioned into our internal affairs,"바카라 웹사이트Tewari said.
The Congress has been questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence over the violence in the state.