Very rare for a US envoy to make such a statement on internal affairs: Manish Tewari on US Ambassador’s remark on Manipur Crisis
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07 July, 2023 12:04 pm IST
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US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti on Thursday said that his country is "ready to assist" the Centre in its peace efforts to restore normalcy in violence-hit Manipur, though it remains India's internal matter.
Reacting sharply to Garcetti's statement, the Congress said it's very rare for a US envoy to make such a statement on India's internal affairs and that the country has never appreciated any such "interference".
"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," Congress leader 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 New @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," Mr Tewari said.
Speaking at a press conference in Kolkata, Mr. Garcetti appreciated the multi-religious nature of Kolkata and said that the U.S. is interested in bringing more investment to the eastern and the northeastern parts of India.
“Let me speak about Manipur first. We pray for peace there. When you ask us about the concern of the United States, I don’t think it’s a strategic concern. I think it’s about human concern... You don’t have to be Indian to care when you see children and individuals die in the sort of violence that we see [in Manipur] and we know that peace is the precedent for so many other good things. There have been so many good things in the northeast and the east here and those can’t continue without peace,” said Mr. Garcetti in response to a query on whether the U.S. establishment was concerned about the violence in Manipur.
Over 120 people have lost their lives and over 45,000 people were displaced in the violence in Manipur, which began on May 03.
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