Blinken to lift human rights points with Indian officers throughout go to to New Delhi

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will increase problems with human rights and democracy with Indian officers throughout his first go to to New Delhi as the 2 nations have extra values in widespread on these fronts than in any other case, in accordance with a senior US official.
Blinken is scheduled to reach in New Delhi late on July 27.
During his keep within the nation, he’ll meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. The Ministry of External Affairs mentioned in New Delhi that National Security Advisor Ajit Doval can even meet Bilinken.
“With respect to the human rights and democracy question, yes, you’re right; I will tell you that we will raise it, and we will continue that conversation, because we firmly believe that we have more values in common on those fronts than we don’t,” Dean Thompson, the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, advised reporters throughout a convention name forward of the go to.

“We believe India is going to be a really important part of continuing those conversations and building strong efforts on those fronts in partnership as we go forward,” Thompson mentioned in response to a query.
India has beforehand rejected criticism by international governments and human rights teams on allegations that civil liberties have eroded within the nation.
The authorities has asserted that India has properly established democratic practices and strong establishments to safeguard the rights of all.
The authorities has emphasised that the Indian Constitution supplies for sufficient safeguards below varied statutes for guaranteeing the safety of human rights.
Thompson asserted that the connection with India is a robust one which has endured by means of administrations of all colors and stripes within the United States and can proceed to take action.
“We are looking forward to this opportunity for the Secretary to talk with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, and continue to pursue the myriad areas of common interest that we have,” he mentioned.

“I think it’s fair to say that we see the relationship continuing at a very high level, and India will. of course. remain an incredibly important partner,” he mentioned.
“We’re going to continue pursuing our global comprehensive strategic partnership, and I think by virtue of the President making the Quad and our partnership with India very high priorities right at the outset of this administration, it sets the tone for what we think we can achieve and accomplish with them, and with our other partners as well. So. I would expect to continue the dialogues that we’ve had on all those fronts,” Thompson mentioned.