London/New Delhi:
A extremist, a supporter in London, tried to stop the car of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar by breaking the security cordon when he was exiting the headquarters of the think tank ‘Chautham House’. India has condemned the inflammatory activities of this small group of separatists and extremists “.
On Wednesday night, obstructives were put up to stop the group waving the flag of separatists and a large number of policemen present were monitored. Then a person holding the flag of India tried to stop the path of the minister’s car by crossing the barriers and the officials ran to catch it.
Metropolitan police officers immediately took him to one side. No one has been arrested in this case so far. In New Delhi, the Ministry of External Affairs condemned the incident of security lapse and called upon the British government to “follow its diplomatic obligations”.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said, “We have seen footage of the incident of security -related incident during the Foreign Minister’s visit to UK.” He said, “We condemn this small group of separatists and extremists, instigated activities.”
Jaiswal said, “We condemn the misuse of democratic freedom by such elements. We expect that in such cases the host government will fully follow its diplomatic obligations. “UK strongly condemned the incident, saying that” such efforts to “intimidate, threaten or disrupt public programs” are “completely unacceptable”.
A spokesman for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said, “We strongly condemn the incident that took place outside the Chautham House tomorrow (Wednesday) during the Foreign Minister’s visit to Britain.” The spokesperson said, “Britain supports the right to peaceful protest, but any attempt to intimidate, threatened or disrupted public programs is completely unacceptable. The Metropolitan Police worked fast to handle the situation and we are fully committed to ensure the safety of all our diplomatic guests to suit our international obligations.
A spokesman for the London Metropolitan Police said, “When the minister came out of the program, a protesting ran in front of his standing car waving the flag.”
He told, “The officials stopped him immediately and removed it from there. He did not come close to the minister and the minister left the area without any other incident. There is no arrest.
The incident of security in security took place on Tuesday and Wednesday after Jaishankar’s talks with UK Foreign Minister David Lammy at Chewing House. The two leaders at the Chewing House discussed the “Complete Dimensions of Bilateral Relations”, including the re -launched Free Trade Agreement (FTA) dialogue, regional and global issues.
Community organization ‘Insight UK’ shared a picture of the incident on social media, writing, “It is shameful that this attack took place when Dr. S. Jaishankar is on a UK tour and has completed a successful meeting with Britain Foreign Minister David Lammy, where he discussed bilateral relations. ”
Earlier, during his session at Chautham House, Jaishankar was asked about human rights concerns related to India.
Jaishankar said on this, “There is a lot of political. Due to political reasons, we have been victims of many expressions and campaigns on human rights. We listen to this. We are not perfect, no one is perfect. There may be situations that require prevention and measures. ”
He said, “But I would say that if we look at the world, our human rights record is very strong.”
The Foreign Minister said, “In the form of a reliable democracy, where people have been confidence in our democracy, where the representation in the last several decades has been widespread in every possible way, where the state has been very fair in terms of behavior with its citizens, I think any widespread concern over human rights is wrong. I do not see any justification for this. ”