A visit to India by US Senator John McCain on Wednesday was overshadowed by a row over reports that the National Security Agency was authorised to spy on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party in 2010. McCain cancelled a news conference due to be held outside India's foreign ministry after India summoned a senior US diplomat to the ministry over the spying report.
US and Indian officials gave differing explanations for the cancellation, but said it was not linked to the row. India sought an assurance that any such surveillance would not recur. "India has sought an explanation of the information contained in the press reports, and an assurance that such authorisations will not be acted upon by US government entities," the foreign ministry said in a statement. Indo-US relations have been delicate for months, following a major spat over the treatment of an Indian diplomat who was arrested in New York in December, an incident that was widely blamed for the resignation of the US ambassador to New Delhi.
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