New Delhi, March 22 (TNS): In yet another diplomatic note, India on Thursday asked Pakistan to ensure safety and security of its officials working at the Indian mission in Islamabad, saying they continue to face alleged “harassment” and “intimidation”, Indian media quoting official reported.
In its 16th ‘Note Verbale’ to the Pakistan Foreign Ministry, the Indian High Commission specifically mentioned three incidents of alleged harassment of senior officials, they said.
India has conveyed to Islamabad that safety and security of the Indian High Commission, its officers, staff members and their families is the responsibility of the Pakistan government, the reports said.
On the incidents mentioned in the ‘Note Verbale’, they said the vehicle of the deputy high commissioner, while going to an embassy within the diplomatic enclave for a meeting, was allegedly followed by two people aggressively in a car.
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They said the Naval Attache of the Mission was also “aggressively followed” by a person on a motorbike while going to Serena Hotel for a meeting.
The second secretary (political) of the mission was also allegedly aggressively followed and allegedly harassed by a person at the Street-1 Cafe within the diplomatic enclave. He had gone there for an official meeting with a diplomat, reports said.
The reports said the website of the High Commission of India continues to be intermittently blocked, adding it is causing inconvenience and has affected normal functioning of the mission.
“Such incidents of harassment, intimidation and threats to physical security of diplomats and officials are in violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961, and a threat to the security and safety of the personnel of the High Commission of India,” said reports.
The reports said India has asked the Pakistan Foreign Ministry to immediately investigate all the incidents and direct the relevant authorities to ensure that such incidents do not recur.
Pakistan has also been accusing India of harassing its diplomats and releasing videos of intimidation of its officials in New Delhi.
Islamabad has also called its High Commissioner to India back home for consultations on the issue.
Courtesy: FIRSTPOST
