WASHINGTON: Biden Administration on Saturday said the US was worried about the abuse of spyware technology, adding that they did not have special insights about the Indian situation.
Asked specifically about the alleged use of the Indian government from spyware Pegasus, Assistant Secretary for South Asian and Central Asian affairs Dean Thompson said, “All ideas use this type of technology to civil society, or journalists, or anyone like that through extrawudicial ways always concern .
“” We don’t have certain special insights into Indian cases.
I know this is a wider problem, but I would say that we have vocal enough about trying to find a way for companies to ensure that their technology is not used in these various ways .
And we will surely continue to suppress those problems, “he told reporters during a conference call on Friday.
Thompson also confirmed that US Secretary Antony Blinken will raise human rights issues and civil liberties, although in a constructive way, in talks with Indian partners scheduled for Tuesday.
“I will tell you that we will raise it, and we will continue the conversation, because we firmly believe that we have more value in common in those fields than we don’t,” he said.
Washington has secured his studies on human rights issues as long as Trump’s dispensation remembers his own smart record at home, but reinstalling democratic administration marks the problem controlled by liberal and progressive elections.
Many critics argue that such sermons are usually directed at democratic countries such as India while the totalitarian regime gets free feedback.
Biden’s administrative sermon about spyware comes in the middle of the domestic closing that involves allegations by Fox News host Tucker Carlson that the US National Security Agency body spies on him and reads his email in an effort to bring it from the air.
The NSA has denied the allegations.
Wrinkles that surround human rights and civil liberties in addition, US officials discuss strategic biodies between the two countries, assert that bilateral discussions will focus on expansion of security, defense, cyber, and counterterrorism “to ensure safer and safer.
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” Officials also ignored the idea of ​​”anxiety” in the administration of the Biden White building cooled relations with India, by saying “We see relationships continuing at a very high level, and India will certainly remain a very important partner.” They also confirmed that the Secretary of Blinken and the Austin defense will hold their Indian colleagues for the Dialogue of the Minister of As-India 2 + 2 years later this year, and Blinken will discuss the prospects of the Quad Summit directly involving US leaders, India, Japan and Australia.
Officials danced with our edition of burning Afghanistan and threw New Delhi’s equity under the bus, by saying that all neighbors and Afghanistan countries in the region have a peaceful, safe and stable interest in Afghanistan, which can only be achieved through completion The negotiated politics that brought the end of 40 years of conflict.
“India, of course, is a critical partner in this region, and we welcome commitment with India to peace and supporters of economic development in Afghanistan,” Thomson said.