New Delhi: Ahead of the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US next week, India said Thursday that concerns over the report of the growth of anti-India activities by Khalistani separatist groups supported by Pakistan from American land.
The spokesman for the external affairs of Arindam Bagchi said ensuring the security of the prime minister and his delegation was an important problem when asked about reports that the Khalistan group which was prohibited planned to protest in Washington and New York during PM Modi’s visit to both cities.
Referring to the report by leading the Think-Tank Hudson Institute about the Khalistan group, he said reflecting how Pakistan continued efforts to carry out activities against India from the US.
“I don’t know about the specific calls given by clothes that are prohibited.
I will not comment on that.
But we certainly take a lot of interest to ensure the security of the prime minister and the delegation,” Bagchi said in a media.
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“We deliver and share (this) with the host country, in this case, the US.
If the organization is prohibited, it may not carry out such activities,” he said.
A spokesman for the Ministry of External Affairs said this problem was not about protest.
“This problem is about security and this is an organization that has a problem in the past in terms of terrorist activities etc.
I don’t want to get into detail,” he added.
In the report by the Hudson Institute, Bagchi said he was clearing how Pakistan had continued its efforts in trying to carry out activities against India including terrorism.
“It was very focused on the activities they took on American land.
I hope that the authorities in the US will see that and understand the risk that this kind of activity poses for countries that have a joint vision against terrorism and violence,” Bagchi said, “said the word Bagchi, “said Bagchi).
The think-tank said Khalistan separatist groups supported by Pakistan, which were prohibited by the Indian government, quietly getting land in the US and that Washington has so far remained unconcerned to the appeal made by New Delhi to curb their activities.
SIKHS For Hakim (SFJ) based in the US, a pro-Khalistan group, was banned by the Indian government in 2019 because of alleged anti-national activities.
PM Modi will travel to the US next week to participate in the first direct Summit from the Quad which is expected to focus widely on contemporary global challenges including the Afghan crisis, the coronavirus pandemic and ensure free and open indo-Pacific.
He will attend the Quad Summit on September 24 in Washington and overcome the 76th session of the UN General Assembly in New York the following day.
Bagchi said PM Modi will hold a bilateral meeting with US President Joe Biden.
“We also look forward to bilateral meetings with other quad leaders,” he said.
MEA spokesman said the Prime Minister tended to have several other bilateral meetings with other leaders in New York.
This will be the first visit of Prime Minister to the US since President Joe Biden served.
Last time PM Modi visited the US in September 2019 when he and then US President Donald Trump discussed the Howdy-Modi event in Houston.
The US accommodates the personal Summit of the Quad leaders to improve practical cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region and to send strong signals about Washington’s commitment to grouping.
People who are used to preparations for the Summit said the situation in Afghanistan after the return of the Taliban for power would be widely intentional at the top.
Afghanistan has grabbed with increased poverty and hunger in addition to witnessing widespread human rights violations, especially women under new dispensation, triggering a massive global concern.
Quad leaders are expected to negotiate widely on expansion of cooperation in the Indo-Pacific in the face of increasing Chinese military muscles in the region, the people said.