Khurshid to visit SL to take up fishers issue

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External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will visit Sri Lanka on October 7 to hold discussions with President Mahinda Rajapaksa and senior officials there on halting the recurring attacks and arrests of Indian fishermen.

He would also raise the issue of freeing the arrested fishermen besides handing over their boats and nets belonging to them. Announcing Khurshid’s visit, Union minister of state in PMO V. Narayanasamy told reporters here on Thursday that the discussions with Lanka would pave way for a permanent solution. “The fishermen along with their properties would return home soon,” he said.

To a query on the opposition in Tamil Nadu against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s participation in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) scheduled in Colombo next month, he said, “the Prime Minister will take a call on that.”(Deccan Cronicle)

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nalaka Friday, 04 October 2013 08:11 AM

go to south india and teach them not to cross to our waters why come to sri lanka

Saskia Friday, 04 October 2013 01:42 PM

What about the 13A? Can't you threat SL to implement 13A fully?

Rajvinodh Friday, 04 October 2013 02:55 PM

Well, in away your point is true.

Suq Madique Saturday, 05 October 2013 01:09 AM

saskiam......those days are gone. India no longer has a hold over us so stop dreaming.

dharmapala Saturday, 05 October 2013 01:14 AM

Dogs want eat not allowed to eat

Rohana Saturday, 05 October 2013 05:03 AM

You people don't have any other things to do rather harassing our country by way of this fishermen problem and telling to inquire about last days of war etc. Don't you have any sympathy of many others who got killed from the terrorists and our fishermen loosing their livelihood due to your fishermen crossing our boarder every now and then and making problems. I cannot imaging why you learned people have no brain to think these things rather than hearing to the extremists. We thought there only Hitlers, Moussolinis did such things to other nations. But the India whom we thought an Asian country and friendly neighbor have started harassing us in every corner. Let Gods see this discrimination and do pass a justice to us.

Saskia Saturday, 05 October 2013 07:02 AM

Wait and see my dear friend.

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