Lankan PM's Stand Flayed By Express News Service
Published: 12th March 2015 06:00 AM THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Kerala Swatantra Matsya Thozhilali Federation on Tuesday protested against Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's threat to fire on Indian fishermen if they cross into Sri Lankan waters in an interview to a Tamil television channel. National Fishworkers Forum secretary T Peter and Kerala Swathantra Matsya Thozhilali Federation secretary Anto Elias said that the statement was tantamount to challenging the Indian Government and Indian fishermen. They said that the boats cross the sea border when the sea is turbulent. The fishermen's forums said that fishermen have the right to go fishing upto 200 nautical miles. However, at times this restriction is not possible to be kept between India and Sri Lanka due to the close proximity of the two countries. Therefore, some settlement has to be worked out through mutual cooperation. The forums demanded that the governments initiate comprehensive discussions to reach an amicable solution. ''The governments should distribute identity cards to the fishermen of their respective countries. Fishermen should not be considered as terrorists and sea pirates,'' Anto said. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
