New Delhi: The External Affairs Ministry today termed as "normal" the draft sent to the Finance Ministry by Indian Ambassador to UAE on Jet-Etihad deal, saying it was routine for diplomats to "obtain, assess and share" information on various issues in their host countries.
The spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs said diplomats deal with a variety of issues and it was normal for them to collect information, assess them and send report to the government back home. He said India's envoy to UAE, T P Seetharam, was "exactly doing this".
He was asked about Ambassador's draft pushing for Jet- Etihad deal in a letter to the Finance Ministry after SEBI had decided to take a fresh look at the Rs 2,060-crore venture.
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad's acquisition of a 24 per cent stake in Naresh Goyal-led Jet Airways, the first foreign direct investment in an Indian carrier by an overseas airline, was announced in April 2013 and approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) last year.
08/03/14 PTI/Financial Express
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The spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs said diplomats deal with a variety of issues and it was normal for them to collect information, assess them and send report to the government back home. He said India's envoy to UAE, T P Seetharam, was "exactly doing this".
He was asked about Ambassador's draft pushing for Jet- Etihad deal in a letter to the Finance Ministry after SEBI had decided to take a fresh look at the Rs 2,060-crore venture.
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad's acquisition of a 24 per cent stake in Naresh Goyal-led Jet Airways, the first foreign direct investment in an Indian carrier by an overseas airline, was announced in April 2013 and approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) last year.
08/03/14 PTI/Financial Express
