The US has strongly denied reports that the diplomatic face-off between India and Canada over Justin Trudeau’s allegations against the Narendra Modi government will worsen ties between New Delhi and Washington, DC.
The US embassy issued the denial after a report in Washington-based publication Politico, titled ‘Why Biden’s mum on the India-Canada spat’. The report quoted an official as saying that US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti had told his team that India-US ties “could get worse for a time”. It added that Garcetti had said the US “may need to reduce its contacts with Indian officials for an undefined period of time”.
A statement issued by the US Embassy in India says, “The U.S. Embassy dismisses these reports. Ambassador Garcetti is working hard every day to deepen the partnership between the people and governments of the United States and India. As his personal engagement and public schedule demonstrates, Ambassador Garcetti and the U.S. Mission to India are working every day to advance the important, strategic, and consequential partnership we have with India.”
