The 1979 US Embassy takeover in Tehran may have ended after 444 days, but both America and Iran still remain captive to a crisis that began 45 years ago. All thanks to Jimmy Carter's sharp diplomacy.
"And it's more than just a festival. It is also really an integral part of our identities, a powerful tradition that carries deep personal meaning,” Verma said as he recollected Diwali celebrations with his parents as a child.
United States diplomatic facility in Baghdad came under attack late on Tuesday but there are no reports of casualties and a damage assessment is underway, a U.S. embassy spokesperson said in a statement on Wednesday.
Ambassador Garcetti praised India for organising the upcoming mammoth general elections with nearly one billion voters in the electorate and said that "the US has something to learn from India" in how to improve its electoral practices and procedures.
The statement from the MEA came hours after a US official reiterated that America is closely following reports of the arrest of Indian opposition figure Arvind Kejriwal and encourages a fair legal process.
According to reports, the Ministry of External Affairs in Delhi summoned the US' Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Gloria Berbena. The meeting lasted for approximately 40 minutes.
US Assistant Secretary of State for the South said that "there is nothing that's kept secret there. You have India as a democracy in part because you have a free press that really works."
Lu's remarks came as India drew criticism from US lawmakers, both Republicans and Democrats, at a hearing on the "US relationship with India" for being among 35 nations that abstained Wednesday from a UN vote to rebuke Russia's invasion.
Before arriving in Delhi, Sherman will also visit Switzerland and Uzbekistan, beginning September 29.
Inspector General of Police Sultan Azam Temuri said a written request was sent to the ministry on Monday seeking the name of the US diplomat on the ECL.
Nisha Desai Biswal, one of the top ranking Indian-American officials in the outgoing Obama administration, will make her last official visit to India this week to discuss a range of bilateral and global issues, in a bid to deepen strategic Indo-US pa
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