as well as the prime minister candidate of the opposition party both have refused to meet the u.s. delegation. and to me it's clearly this becomes an election sort of a statement they're making. that look, we are standing up against the u.s. >> while i agree with aseem that a little bit of politics is coming into it because we are in election season, but that applies equally well to u.s. diplomats who should have read the situation a little better. i think the bureaucracy in the united states treated this whole thing in a very unthinking manner. the relationship is an important one. we are strategic partners. we express love for each other all the time. but you can't allow something like this to come in the way, then they should have been on the ball and they weren't. >> aseem, appreciate you being