US ambassador must be held accountable for his comments on Manipur
Garcetti should have known better than to speak on India's internal affairs. He must be summoned to the MEA and India’s unhappiness at his Manipur remarks be should be made known to himprofessional diplomat. But he does have vast experience in public life and has been a teacher of international relations. That should have taught him that it is inappropriate for an ambassador to comment on any aspect of the internal affairs of the country of his posting. This is more so when the ambassador acknowledges that the subject of his comment comes within the sovereign jurisdiction of the country to which he is assigned: Garcetti did so, on July 6, in Kolkata, when he was asked to react to the developments in Manipur. A sound envoy would have simply dismissed the question by observing that as an ambassador of a foreign country, he has no comment to make on a matter relating to an internal Indian development or situation. He chose not to do so and said he was praying for peace there. He deni...