V-P Hamid Ansari takes up issue with Lankan president
BY Team MP7 March 2017 5:59 PM GMT
Team MP7 March 2017 5:59 PM GMT
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Srisena has ordered a thorough probe into the killing of an Indian fisherman allegedly by the Sri Lankan Navy, Vice President Hamid Ansari on Tuesday said after raising the issue with him in Jakarta.
Ansari had a bilateral meeting with Srisena in the Indonesian capital on the sidelines of the Summit of Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), hours after the incident was reported.
Yes, it was discussed," the Vice President said when asked whether the killing of the Tamil fisherman allegedly by the Sri Lankan Navy figured in his meeting with Srisena. Ansari, during his interaction with the accompanying media persons while returning from Jakarta after a two-day visit, said,
"The President said he had heard about it this morning and that he had spoken to the Chief of Sri Lankan Navy who had said that no such incident from the side of the Sri Lankan forces took place." He said Srisena told him that he has ordered "full investigation" into the matter.
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