America on Monday strongly condemned the assault on the Indian consulate in San Francisco by a bunch of separatist Sikhs, terming it completely unacceptable.
Elevating pro-Khalistan slogans, the protesters on Sunday broke open the makeshift safety obstacles raised by town police and put in two so-called Khalistani flags contained in the Consulate premises. Two consulate personnel quickly eliminated these flags.
Quickly thereafter, a bunch of indignant protesters entered the consulate premises and began hitting the door and home windows with the iron rods.
“That vandalism, it is simply completely unacceptable,” John Kirby, Nationwide Safety Council Coordinator for strategic communications on the White Home informed reporters at a day by day information convention, strongly condemning the incident.
“The State Division’s diplomatic safety service is working with native authorities. I am unable to converse for the San Francisco police, however I can say that the diplomatic safety service is working with native authorities to correctly examine and clearly, the State Division goes to be working from an infrastructure perspective to restore the harm, but it surely’s unacceptable,” Kirby stated in response to a query.
The State Division additionally issued a press release indicating that these behind the act could be held accountable.
“The US condemns the assault on Sunday towards the Indian Consulate in San Francisco. Violence towards diplomatic amenities inside the US is a punishable crime,” it stated.
“It’s our precedence to defend the safety and security of those amenities and the diplomats who work inside them,” stated the South and Central Asia Bureau of the State Division.
In a separate assertion, the US-India Strategic Partnership Discussion board strongly condemned the assault on the Indian mission in San Francisco, California.
“America and India are vibrant democracies and perceive that the suitable to assemble peacefully and protest is sacrosanct. Nonetheless, violence and vandalism is not going to be condoned or tolerated,” it stated.
Diplomats and consular employees deserve the identical proper to a safe and peaceable work atmosphere, free from exterior hurt and threats, it stated. “We stand by Dr. TV Nagendra Prasad, the honorable Consul Common of India in San Francisco, and his employees.”
The USISPF urged the native authorities in California and the Congressional management of the district to take the mandatory motion towards the culprits and people responsible of aiding and abetting. “We thank the State Division for responding promptly.”