Saturday, November 26, 2011

US says sorry for frisking Abdul Kalam-ToI-14.11.11—insulting Indians again and again


New Delhi: Reacting to reports about former President A P J Abdul Kalam being subjected to security check by American authorities again, the US embassy said in a statement that after the incident, its charge d’affaires Peter Burleigh had hand-delivered a letter of apology from the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) administrator to Kalam. 
    The embassy said it deeply regretted the “inconvenience that resulted for Kalam’’ as a result of the Sept 29 incident g at John F Kennedy airport in New York. The Indian government has said the two countries are now planning to hold discussions to explore appropriate mechanisms for facilitating airport procedures for dignitaries, in accordance with national regulations.
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