Chennai, Feb. 23 -- Observing that arrests of Tamil Nadu fishermen by the
Sri Lankan Navy have risen alarmingly in recent times, Chief Minister M.K.Stalin
on Sunday wrote to External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr. S. Jaishankar reiterating
his earlier request to convene the Joint Working Group (JWG) to find a permanent
solution and take strong diplomatic steps to secure the release of all the arrested
fishermen and their boats from Lankan custody.
In a Demi-Official letter to Dr Jaishankar, copies of which were released to
the press, he said the arrests of fishermen from the State by the Sri Lankan
Navy have risen alarmingly in recent times and was still continuing in large
numbers despite his repeated pleas to prevail upon the Lankan g...