US Secretary of State John Kerry had telephoned National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon to discuss the row over the arrest of an Indian diplomat after he was told that his Indian counterpart Salman Khurshid was busy in Parliament-Indian Media reports

According to U.S State Department Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf, as a father of two daughters about the same age, Kerry "empathises with the sensitivities" that he heard from India about the events that unfolded after the arrest of Indian diplomat.



"And in his conversation with National Security Advisor Menon, he expressed his regret as well as his concern that we not allow this unfortunate public incident to hurt our close and vital relationship with India," Harf said.



Kerry, she said, is being kept updated on the developments."He's been kept up to speed on this case," she said.



The White House too kept US President Barack Obama informed about the latest development on the Indio-US bilateral ties, his spokesperson, Jay Carney, told reporters at his daily news conference.