Will the US reduce its contacts with India?
A US media house, named Politico published a report with the caption,” Why Biden’s mum on the India-Canada spat”. In the report, they claimed,”U.S. Ambassador to India ERIC GARCETTI has told his in-country team that, because of the diplomatic spat with Canada, relations between India and the U.S. could get worse for a time, the official said. Garcetti also has said the U.S. may need to reduce its contacts with Indian officials for an undefined period of time.”
Claim made on Social Media
Following the media report, an account named South Asia Index also posted a similar claim. But it cleverly took the statement from the media report. The tweet read as,” Just IN:— ‘US may need to reduce its contacts with Indian officials for an undefined period of time.” – the US ambassador to India.”
Fact Check
Our team Investigated the claim made on Twitter and the American Media Report. On investigating, we found multiple credible sources which proved the claim as fake.
Statement by US Embassy
We found that the US Embassy issued a statement refuting the claims of the American media report, Politico. The US Embassy has rejected a media report claiming that US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti informed his in-country team that relations between New Delhi & Ottawa could get worse for a time & the US may need to reduce its contacts with Indian officials for an undefined period.
Furthermore, according to a statement given by the US Embassy in India: “The U.S. Embassy dismisses these reports. Ambassador Garcetti is working hard every day to deepen the partnership between the people and governments of the United States and India. As his personal engagement and public schedule demonstrates, Ambassador Garcetti and the U.S. Mission to India are working every day to advance the important, strategic, and consequential partnership we have with India.”
Statement By Ministry Of External Affairs, India
Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi also dismissed the claim of any such statement by Ambassador Garcetti.
Media Coverage
We also found multiple media houses that further clarified that the claim going viral was fake.
Conclusion
From the fact check it is evident that the claim made by South Asia Index (formerly known as Saima Momin @SaimaMomin_) is fake, as the US embassy has denied the claim. It represents a misguided endeavor to spread disinformation.
