India still undecided on CHOGM
October 4, 2013
India is yet to decide on its participation at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka, an Indian Minister said.
To a query on the opposition in Tamil Nadu against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s participation in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) scheduled to be held in Colombo next month, Union minister of state V. Narayanasamy said, “the Prime Minister will take a call on that.”
He also said that Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will visit Sri Lanka on October 7 to hold discussions with President Mahinda Rajapaksa and senior officials on halting the recurring attacks and arrests of Indian fishermen, the Deccan Chronicle reported.
He would also raise the issue of freeing the arrested fishermen besides handing over their boats and nets belonging to them. Narayanasamy told reporters in Chennai that the discussions with Sri Lanka would pave the way for a permanent solution. “The fishermen along with their properties would return home soon,” he said.
