A senior US official said on Monday that the US has raised the issue of ‘human rights’ with India in the past regularly and will do so in the future.
“We regularly raise human rights concerns with countries with which we engage, have done that — so in the past with India, and we’ll do so in the future,” State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller told the media at his daily news conference.
Miller was responding to a question about whether US President Joe Biden, during his upcoming trip to New Delhi in September, would be asking India about the alleged ‘Christian persecution’ in the country.
“We have made it very clear that we oppose the persecution of Christians, and we oppose the persecution of any religious group, no matter where it takes place in the world,” Miller added.
Millar’s remarks came ahead of US President Joe Biden’s visit to New Delhi next month to attend the G20 Summit.
