UK House of Lords member asserted that the government has taken the incident seriously. "The police have taken it exceptionally seriously and I'm glad that there will be no tolerance of this kind of behaviour from anyone," she said.
In response to a question on the case of attacks on the High Commission in the UK, Bagchi said, "Are we satisfied with actions against the vandalism and attacks on the High Commission? As I mentioned, the issue is not of satisfaction. We wanted to see action on the ground."
India on Wednesday raised concerns on the misuse of the UK's asylum status by the Pro-Khalistani elements aid and abet terrorist activities here and requested better cooperation with the UK and increased monitoring of UK-based Pro-Khalistan Extremists and take appropriate proactive action
The spokesperson also said that both UK and India are committed to delivering an ambitious and mutually beneficial Foreign Trade Agreement and concluded the latest round of trade talks last month.
The bilateral maritime exercise SLINEX 2023 taking place between the navies of India and Sri Lanka in Colombo aims at enhancing interoperability improving mutual understanding and exchanging best practices.
Deputy High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Vinod Jacob noted that the defence ties between India and Sri Lanka are at their "strongest at present."
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that it is the duty of the host country to provide security to high commissions and as a foreign minister he cannot accept the vandalisation at the Indian high commission in London by pro-Khalistani elements.
Responding to ANI's question on the MEA's role in FIR registered by Delhi Police in connection with the pro-Khalistani protest outside the Indian High Commission in London on March 19, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, "We have shared incident report with the agencies on what happened ou
"I think that's probably what your question was Assurance... Yes. Look, on that element we just say look, I think we are not interested in just assurances. I think we would like to see action. That's why I would leave it at that," MEA Spokesperson added.
"On receipt of a report from the Ministry of External Affairs on the incident at Indian High Commission, London on 19.03.2023, the Ministry of Home Affairs asked Delhi Police to take appropriate legal action", said an official statement.
"HC @VDoraiswami met @TomTugendhat, Minister for Security, for a wide ranging discussion on bilateral and wider security cooperation," Indian High Commission in the UK tweeted on Thursday.