Diplomat’s arrest: US should apologies, says Nath

NEW DELHI: Amid outrage over the treatment meted out to Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath today said an apology by the US “for the sake of formality” would not help and it should accept its mistake in “unambiguous terms”.

“A regret for the sake of formality is not enough. They should apologies in unambiguous terms and accept their mistake,” he told reporters here.

Nath said all countries should draw a lesson from the incident and “raise their voice” whenever such a thing takes place.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had yesterday described as “deplorable” the way the diplomat was treated in the US.–PTI