Very positive but not closed chapter: US envoy on India’s probe into Pannun plot

NEW DELHI: An Indian enquiry committee’s report on the foiled plot to kill US-based Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun is a “very positive first step” but doesn’t mark a “closed chapter” for both countries as action remains to be taken, outgoing US ambassador Eric Garcetti said on Thursday. Outgoing United States ambassador to India Eric Garcetti Garcetti, who is set to step down this week, also said in an interview that the Indian government should address the country’s nuclear liability law to drive civil nuclear cooperation with the US following Washington’s removal of restrictions on key Indian atomic entities. But I would hope that two dear friends of the US will have the space in the coming months to really have a rapprochement to be able to, as we’ve done, listen to each other, hold accountable where there’s criminal activity, and look at where we can have diplomatic healing, that I think India and Canada have always had in a very close way. I mean that was the promise of India.In fairness, Prime Minister Modi told the President we absolutely want to find a way to move forward and my conversations privately with both the Opposition and BJP here is that they both think there’s a responsible way forward, where there’s some shared liability but also not such a high bar, that no progress moves forward and other countries dominate this space.