The United States and India regularly consult at the highest levels on issues regarding human rights and democracy, a US State Department official said on Monday after a recent report by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor flagged “significant human rights issues”.
The press conference came after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken released the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.
Senior official from the bureau Robert S Gilchrist, interacting with reporters , said, “The US and India regularly consult at the highest levels on democracy and human rights issues.”
The press briefing was held after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken released the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.
Gilchrist added, “We strongly encourage, urge India to uphold its human rights obligations and commitments. We also regularly meet with civil society representatives, both in the US and India, to hear their perspectives, and those sorts of perspectives inform the Human Rights Report. And we encourage the Government of India to consult and meet regularly with civil society organizations representing a diversity of people.”
He further stated that there were a number of steps involved asserting that the issue was a key component of the US not just in dialogue but also in engagements with India.
