'Can't react Hagel's anti-India statement two years ago'

February 27, 2013 12:35

External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today downplayed Chuck Hagel''s alleged remark that India has over the years ''financed problems'' for Pakistan, saying the US Defense Secretary nominee has made no such statement.

"He has made no such statement. You are talking about some lecture given in a university two years ago. I cannot react to something he said about two years ago," Khurshid told media outside Parliament.

Khurshid earlier in the day said Indian Embassy in Washington has conveyed New Delhi''s concern in this regard.

"What we had to say, we have said it through our High Commission. At this point of time, we don''t require to say anything further officially. We welcome the new political developments there. But we will not speak further on the discussions that are presently on there until it comes to us in a formal manner," he added.

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