NEW DELHI: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Friday, in response to a question about the manner in which illegal migrants were deported from the US, said that India always flags such issues and remains in touch with American officials. He said, “We are in touch with the American officials over this. We are in constant touch with them, and we have always said that the people, including those who have been deported, should be properly behaved with.”Misri said, “The description by the EAM of the standard operating procedure relating to the use of restraints which has been communicated to us by US authorities including the immigration and customs enforcement. EAM attracted attention to the fact that these have been in practice for a long period of time…On the issue of mistreatment, it is a valid issue to raise and we continue to emphasise to US authorities that there should be no mistreatment of deportees…We will continue to take up any instances of mistreatment that come to our attention. Action needs to be taken across the system against the underlying ecosystem that thrives on promoting illegal immigration.”The Foreign secretary was conducting a press briefing in regard to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign visit to US and France next week starting from February 10. Foreign secretary said, “At the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting France from 10th to 12th February 2025. This visit is on the occasion of the organization of the Artificial Intelligence Summit that France is organizing and the Prime Minister will co-chair this AI Action Summit alongside President Macron of France…Prime Minister will arrive in Paris on the evening of the 10th of February.”Special Briefing by MEA on Prime Minister’s overseas visit (February 07, 2025)Additionally he said, “He will that evening attend a dinner that is being hosted by President Macron at the Élysée Palace in honour of visiting heads of government and heads of State. The dinner is also likely to be attended by a large number of CEOs from the tech domain and a number of other distinguished invitees to the summit. The following day on 11th February, the Prime Minister will co-chair the AI Action Summit along with President Macron…This is the third such high-level summit that is being held in the very recent past. The first of these was in the UK in 2023, the second one in the Republic of Korea in 2024 and now this one in France.”Check out the latest news about Delhi Elections 2025, including key constituencies such as Kalkaji, Karol Bagh, Tilak Nagar, New Delhi, Laxmi Nagar, Badarpur, Ghonda, Krishna Nagar, Model Town, Rithala, Trilokpuri, Najafgarh, and Matia Mahal.
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