Will continue to encourage India to ensure religious freedom: US

Washington: The US said on Tuesday that India, the world’s largest democracy, is home to people of many religions and it would continue to encourage it to stick to its commitment to ensure religious freedom for all. Noting the “certain concerns” highlighted in the State Department’s annual report on international religious freedom, US State Department spokesman Ned Price also said that they will continue to closely monitor the state of religious freedom in all countries, including India. also includes.

The US has designated 12 countries, including China, Pakistan and Myanmar, as ‘countries of particular concern’ for the current state of religious freedom. Announcing this on Friday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that governments and non-governmental forces around the world harass, threaten, imprison and even kill people on the basis of their religion. is also done.

On the question of not including India in this list, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ned Price said that India is the world’s largest democracy and home to people of many religions. Price told reporters on Tuesday, ‘India is certainly the largest democracy in the world. There people of many religions live together. In the context of India, we took note of some of the concerns raised in our annual report on international religious freedom. We will continue to closely monitor the state of religious freedom in all countries, and this includes India.

He said that the administration of US President Joe Biden will continue to encourage the Indian government to uphold its commitments to ensure religious freedom for all. He said, ‘We will be in regular touch with the authorities for the steps to be taken to maintain religious freedom. As the world’s two largest democracies (America and India), we are committed to a concrete project.

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Price said that this is the same project that was mentioned earlier by Secretary of State Blinken. This project, as envisioned by our founders, needed a perfect partnership. This is a project of both the countries.

Significantly, India had earlier rejected allegations by foreign governments and human rights groups about the gradual erosion of civil liberties in the country. The Government of India has asserted that India has well-established democratic practices and strong institutions to protect the rights of all.

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