Trajectory of India-US ties not impacted: S Jaishankar on Pannun case

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that India-US relations will not beryllium disturbed by nan allegations of an assassination crippled by Indian agents connected Khalistani violent Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.

Speaking to nan news agency PTI, nan diplomat-turned-politician said that nan fundamentals of India-US ties were very robust, and nan allegations person not impacted relations.

"The United States brought to our attraction definite accusation successful bully religion because we besides judge immoderate of it has implications for our ain system," he said.

"We are investigating it. But I do not deliberation nan basal people of nan upward trajectory of India-US is impacted by this astatine all," nan outer affairs curate said.

In November past year, US national prosecutors charged Indian nationalist Nikhil Gupta pinch moving pinch an Indian authorities worker successful nan foiled crippled to termination Pannun.

Pannun, wanted successful India connected panic charges, holds dual citizenship of nan US and Canada. He has been designated arsenic a violent by nan Union Home Ministry nether nan Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

Earlier this month, the Washington Post besides claimed that an Indian officer, Vikram Yadav, hired a deed squad to target Pannun, citing sources successful its report.

However, drafting retired nan circumstantial contours of nan India-US relationship, Jaishankar said that some countries person strategical convergence connected various issues of world politics.

"I deliberation nan India-US relationship is simply a very, very coagulated one," he said, citing various areas of cooperation.

In his remarks, Jaishankar besides cited driving nan world economy, diversifying production, creating caller proviso chains, ensuring bid and stableness and collaboration successful nan domain of high-technology arsenic sparkling examples of India-US ties.

He added that location was a problem successful nan narration successful nan past, but Atal Bihari Vajpayee's authorities took a awesome leap guardant successful deepening nan ties.

"There was a benignant of left-wing ideology successful this state which said fto america not do excessively overmuch pinch nan US. It goes backmost to nan Nehruvian-Krishna Menon clip period. I deliberation it went each nan measurement till 2014," he said.

"Maybe Atal ji's (Atal Bihari Vajpayee) authorities was an exception, but different beautiful overmuch location were self-imposed constraints successful our dealing pinch nan US," he added while speaking to news agency PTI.

Jaishankar further added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not stock those views.

"PM Modi doesn't stock those and we person seen really a overmuch much robust, overmuch much whole-hearted narration pinch nan US which is really showing results connected nan ground," he added.