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  • ‘They Simply Did Not Care…’: S Jaishankar Blasts Congress, DMK Over Katchatheevu |

    New Delhi: An island located in the Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka has emerged as a contentious topic in Indian political discourse. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar addressed the issue on Monday and criticized the Congress and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) for their stance, suggesting they are treating the matter irresponsibly.  

    “Now, every political party in Tamil Nadu has taken a position on this. Two parties, the Congress and the DMK, have approached this matter as though they have no responsibility for it. As though the situation is for today’s central government to resolve, there is no history to this, this has just happened, they are the people who are taking up the cause; that is the way they would like to project it,” stated the External Affairs Minister during a press briefing.  

    The EAM said that over the past two decades, Sri Lanka has detained 6184 Indian fishermen and seized, detained, or apprehended 1175 Indian fishing vessels…Over the last five years, the matters concerning Katchatheevu and the Fisherman’s issue have been consistently brought up in Parliament through questions, debates, and discussions within the consultative committee, he added.  

    “The then CM of Tamil Nadu has written to me numerous times. And my record shows that to the current CM, I have replied 21 times on this issue…It is an issue which has been very much debated in parliament and in the Tamil Nadu circles. It has been the subject of correspondence between the union government and the state government,” said Jaishankar indicating that this issue is not new. It has been ongoing and actively discussed both in Parliament and among Tamil Nadu circles, he said.  

    Jaishankar further slammed the then government of not caring much about the issue. He said, ” We are talking about 1958 and 1960… The main people in the case wanted to make sure that at least we should get the fishing rights… The island was given away in 1974 and the fishing rights were given away in 1976… One, the most basic recurring (aspect) is the indifference shown by the then central government and the PMs about the territory of India…” he added.  

    Historically, the island situated between Rameswaram (India) and Sri Lanka has been utilised by fishermen from both countries. In 1974, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi recognized Katchatheevu as Sri Lankan territory through the “Indo-Sri Lankan Maritime Agreement.” The 1974 Agreement concerning historic waters in the Palk Strait and the Palk Bay between Sri Lanka and India officially affirmed Sri Lanka’s sovereignty over the island. 

  • EAM Jaishankar arrives in Thailand for ninth Joint Fee Meet

    Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived in Thailand on Tuesday to wait the ninth India-Thailand Joint Fee Assembly.

    Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived in Thailand on Tuesday. (Report picture/PTI)

    HIGHLIGHTSExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived in Thailand on TuesdayHe will attend the ninth India-Thailand Joint Fee MeetingIndia and Thailand are celebrating 75 years of established order of diplomatic members of the family

    Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived in Thailand on Tuesday to wait the ninth India-Thailand Joint Fee Assembly.

    India and Thailand are celebrating 75 years of established order of diplomatic members of the family.

    “Amb Suchitra welcomes Hon Minister of Exterior Affairs @DrSJaishankar who’s visiting Thailand for the ninth India-Thailand Joint Fee Assembly. India & Thailand are celebrating 75 years of established order of diplomatic members of the family,” the Indian embassy in Thailand mentioned in a tweet.

    Amb Suchitra welcomes Hon Minister of Exterior Affairs @DrSJaishankar who’s visiting Thailand for ninth India-Thailand Joint Fee Assembly. India & Thailand are celebrating 75 years of established order of diplomatic members of the family. @MEAIndia %.twitter.com/bQkwpbLHju

    — India in Thailand (@IndiainThailand) August 16, 2022

    The eighth Joint Fee Assembly (JCM) between India and Thailand was once hung on October 10, 2019, in New Delhi. The Indian facet was once led through Jaishankar and the Thai facet was once led through Minister of International Affairs Don Pramudwinai.

    Throughout the conferences, all sides reviewed the growth made in all spaces of the bilateral courting, together with political, defence and safety, financial and industrial, connectivity, cultural, tourism and people-to-people ties.

    They famous that India and Thailand are shut maritime neighbours having ancient and cultural linkages. Within the fresh context, India’s ‘Act East’ coverage is complemented through Thailand’s ‘Glance West’ coverage, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs had mentioned in a remark at the eighth JCM.

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