Salman Khurshid: I am not a visa officer of the US

February 13, 2014 11:58

Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt reports on External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid's first reactions to the US breaking bread with Narendra Modi on Thursday:

"I am not a visa officer of the US. The US is liberal, values human rights and we have a huge strategic commonality. Their assessment of any Indian politician is their business, not mine.

"Humne America se ye nahin puchha ab tak aap kyon nahin mile?" said Khurshid, denying that Modi was getting more international recognition, and added that there are historical truths about the 2002 Gujarat riots. "Let the US take out that page of history."

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