Spy's defection to cause no rupture in Indo-US ties

While it would indicate a certain penetration into the country's intelligence services by US agencies, according to sources, such events were "common" even among close allies like the British and the Americans, and did not mean that bilateral ties would be hit, contrary to suggestions by US analysts.

While New Delhi is upset and has chosen to downplay the incident which has clearly been an embarrassment, strategic ties with Washington, forged largely by the previous NDA government, will proceed, but with greater wariness.

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