A US spokesperson shut down a Pakistani reporter's questions on India denying a visa to an Australian journalist Avani Dias.
Responding to the allegations that the Indian government denied Visa to Dias over her biased coverage, US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel refrained from making remarks saying that India can speak about its visa policy.
"Look, the government of India can speak to its own visa policy. That is not something I am going to opine on from here," US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel told reporters at a news conference.
"Broadly, we have been clear with countries around the world about the integral role that a free press plays in the fabric of democracy. That is why we come up here and take questions regularly. But I will let the officials in India speak to the specific," Patel said.