US welcomes additional police outside its embassy in Delhi

Barricades outside the embassy were removed after the arrest of diplomat Devyani Khobragarde

The US welcomed Indian government's move to deploy an additional 150 police personnels outside the US Embassy in New Delhi, weeks after removal of barricades outside the facility as a fallout of the arrest of senior Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade.

"We welcome statements from the Ministry of External Affairs that India is fully committed to ensuring the safety and security of all diplomats in Delhi and elsewhere," State Department Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf said.

"Beyond that (deployment of additional personnel), I'm not going to get into a lot of specifics about our security posture, but certainly we appreciate the police's efforts and we'll move forward from here," Harf said.

The US government has been voicing concerns over the security of their diplomatic personnel after India enforced strict reciprocity by removing the barricades as the US authorities opened the parking in front of the Indian Embassy in Washington to general public and refused to reinstate it despite repeated requests.