Tempers remain inflamed, with US Ambassador Nancy Powell, in a New Year’s message to Indians, ruefully acknowledging that ties have been “jolted by very different reactions to issues involving one of your consular officers and her domestic worker.” Kerry has also expressed “regret” over the incident.
美国驻印度大使鲍威尔（Nancy Powell）在纽约给印度人民的信中沮丧地说，印美关系“因为牵涉到你们的领事官员及其本国工人的事件的不同反应而受到了伤害。”但印度人民依然怒气冲天。克里也表达了对该事件的“遗憾”。但美国并没有拿出化解危机的信号。