External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj threatened Amazon.com to stop selling doormats resembling the Indian tri-colour flag from its Canadian website on Wednesday.

Sushma Swaraj said that if the doormats sale is not stopped, she will rescind visas of the US company's employees.

"Amazon must tender an unconditional apology," external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said on Twitter. "They must withdraw all products insulting our national flag immediately."

"If this is not done forthwith, we will not grant Indian Visa to any Amazon official," she added. "We will also rescind the Visas issued earlier."

The doormat was sold by a third-party on Amazon's Canadian portal but was taken down late on Wednesday.

"The item is no longer available for sale on the site," a spokeswoman for Amazon said in an email.

In an event attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington last year, Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos said: "India was the company's fastest-growing region."

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BY M. DIVYA SRI