NEW DELHI: India and the United States tried on Thursday to soothe a blistering row over the arrest and strip-search of a female diplomat in New York, saying it should not do lasting damage to ties.
After US Secretary of State John Kerry expressed "regret" at the episode in a fence-mending phone call, India's Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid hoped the "valuable relationship" would be back on an even keel shortly.
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