India’s Union Ministry of External Affairs has directed the Tamil Nadu government to provide a list of people representing fishermen associations in the state for talks between the Indian side and the Lankan side on the dispute over fishing.
The Tamil Nadu government, according to sources, will be soon sending the list of participants after consulting the fishermen associations and leaders.
The move assumes significance after the arrest and subsequent prison of 55 Indian fishermen from Rameswaram and Mandapam in Tamil Nadu. The fishermen were arrested on December 19 by the Sri Lankan Navy and according to information they were produced before a Sri Lankan court and subsequently remanded in a Jaffna prison. According to information available, the arrested are remanded in judicial custody till December 31. Eight mechanized fishing boats belonging to the fishermen from India are also in the custody of the Sri Lankan navy.
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