As India decided to launch a high-level probe바카라 웹사이트into the United States'바카라 웹사이트allegations regarding the involvement of an Indian official바카라 웹사이트in a foiled plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil,바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트the US has welcomed the move as "good and appropriate".
What did the US say?
US federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged Indian national Nikhil Gupta with working with an Indian government employee in the바카라 웹사이트foiled plot to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a Sikh extremist who is an American and Canadian citizen.
An unnamed Indian official appeared in an indictment filed by US federal prosecutors in a Manhattan court on Wednesday along with the Indian national, who the Department of Justice alleges hired someone in the US to assassinate Pannun.
India on Thursday described as a "matter of concern" the US charging the Indian national with conspiring to kill the Sikh separatist, and asserted that a high-level probe committee will investigate all aspects of the case. 바카라 웹사이트
"The government announced today that it was conducting an investigation, and that라이브 바카라 good and appropriate, and we look forward to seeing the results,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters travelling with him in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Thursday.
Blinken did not give any details about the case, calling it an ongoing legal matter. 바카라 웹사이트
"So you’ll understand I can’t comment on it in detail. I can say that this is something we take very seriously. A number of us have raised this directly with the Indian Government in past weeks," Blinken said. 바카라 웹사이트
White House praises Delhi
Separately, the White House on Thursday also praised New Delhi for setting up its own investigations into the matter and said this will not have an impact on the India-US relationship.
"These allegations in this investigation, (we) take it very seriously. And we're glad to see that the Indians are too announcing their own efforts to investigate this. And we've been clear that we want to see anybody that's responsible for these alleged crimes to be held properly accountable," John Kirby, Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council in the White House, told reporters at a news conference here.
However, this will not have an impact on the India-US relationship, he said, observing that the US unearthed this plot after the historic visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US in June.
"I want to be careful here that I don't get ahead of the Department of Justice and talk about an ongoing investigation. I would just say two things. India remains a strategic partner and we're going to continue to work to improve and strengthen that strategic partnership with India. At the same time, we take this very seriously," Kirby said in response to a question.바카라 웹사이트
