US president Barack Obama has said that India should not make a prestige issue of shocking misbehaving incident with Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade in US and It should see it in border context. Addressing a jam packed press conference in White House he expressed surprise on India's hard stand over this issue. He said that in his view nothing wrong happened with Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade And US security agency did only whatever was necessary at that juncture. He also said that India never took seriously such incidents of past because it knew that US was doing all these to end international terrorism. Mr. Obama also said that in taking action against Devyani Khobragade her dignity and diplomatic stature were kept in mind. He also reminded India that this is not a first incident of its kind and such incidents had happened in past also. US president also reminded India that US had been excellent track record in this regard and never such question was raised in past. He also said that US had always given full respect to foreign diplomats especially Indian diplomats. Mr. Obama also said that US had specific report that Indian diplomats may enter into US with arms and explosive materials so they were specially checked at US airports. US president also justified US misbehave with Devyani Khobragade saying that there was specific intelligence input that Indian diplomats may become a threat to US citizen. He also said that US had not violated any international law by misbehaving Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade instead it had done a commendable job to make the world safe. Speaking on India's demand to US apology he said that it was not just for the better relations between two countries. US president hoped that India would realise its mistake in this regard and Indian diplomats would be mentally ready for such treatment in future. US president also made it clear that US official would continue their work with seriousness in future also.
