A meeting between the U.S. and India on a probe into a foiled plot to murder a Sikh separatist on American soil was productive, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Wednesday, adding Washington was satisfied with India's cooperation.
An Indian government committee investigating Indian involvement in the foiled murder plot met with U.S. officials in Washington on Tuesday, the State Department spokesperson said.
"They did inform us that the individual who was named in the Justice Department indictment is no longer an employee of the Indian government," the State Department spokesperson told reporters in a press briefing, without giving further details. He called the meeting "productive."
"We are satisfied with (their) cooperation. It continues to be an ongoing process," the State Department spokesperson said.
"The U.S. government broadly updated members of the (Indian) committee of inquiry about the investigation that the United States has been conducting. We've received an update from them on the investigation that they have been conducting," he added.
The U.S. case is not the only instance of India's alleged targeting of Sikh separatists on foreign soil.
The accusations have tested Washington and Ottawa's relations with India, often viewed by the West as a counterbalance to China.
