“Weren’t Met” said by Dr. S Jaishankar On Protest At Indian high commission at UK ,Jaishankar also accused the UK of not meeting the obligation of providing security to the diplomats of the Mission, which is expected of a country where a high commission or a consulate is located.”It is the obligation of the receiving country to provide security,” Taking a strong view of pro-Khalistan supporters pulling down the Indian tricolour at the Indian High Commission in UK, hevalso said on Friday that India would not accept differential standards of security.He also accused the UK of not meeting the obligation of providing security to the diplomats of the Mission, which is expected of a country where a high commission or a consulate is located.“On the flag and the security of the high commission, in this particular case in the UK whenever any country sends an embassy anywhere abroad, it is the obligation of the receiving country to provide security for a diplomat to do his work.
Replying to a question on the issue of threat to the diplomats and the Indian diaspora in the UK, the Minister said that on the day the vandals appeared before the high commission, the security at the high commission failed to meet expected standards.“Many countries are very casual about it. They have a very different view about their own security and a different view about other people’s security, but I can tell you as a foreign minister that we are not going to accept this kind of differential standards,” he added.
