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Attacks on fishermen are aggression by Sri Lanka, says Jayalalithaa

Hindu, 9 October 2011

DIPR At a meeting in Chennai in Saturday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa conveys to Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai the ordeal of fishermen in the State at the hands of the Sri Lankan Navy and 
urges the Centre to treat the attacks as an act of provocation by Colombo.Take up this issue with Colombo, she tells Foreign Secretary, who is visiting the island Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Saturday urged the Centre to view the attacks on Tamil Nadu fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy “as an act of provocation and aggression against India by Sri Lanka, similar to firing across the borders by neighbours such as Pakistan and China.”


Source : http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2521006.ece

 

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