{"id":40200,"date":"2015-04-03T18:23:40","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T22:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=40200"},"modified":"2015-04-03T20:23:22","modified_gmt":"2015-04-04T00:23:22","slug":"president-sirisena-asks-indians-to-stop-bottom-trawling-and-orders-navy-to-seize-indian-boats-entering-sri-lankan-territorial-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=40200","title":{"rendered":"President Sirisena Asks Indians to Stop Bottom Trawling and Orders Navy to Seize Indian Boats Entering Sri Lankan Territorial Waters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dismissing the Opposition\u2019s claim that his government has given fishing rights to Indians, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has said he has issued clear instructions to the Navy to seize boats that violate the country\u2019s territorial waters.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/SLI061713.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/SLI061713.jpg\" alt=\"SLI061713\" width=\"136\" height=\"99\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-22033\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe have not allowed fishing in our waters for the Indians. I have given clear instructions to Navy to arrest boats or trawlers that violate our water limits,\u201d Mr. Sirisena told a gathering of fishing industry and political representatives on Thursday night. Opposition group National Freedom Front had alleged that the government had given fishing rights to Indians in Sri Lankan waters as an appeasement policy towards India. <\/p>\n<p>Responding to the claim, Mr. Sirisena said, \u201cI discussed at length the fishing issue between our two countries during my visit to India (in February). I want to resolve this issue without hurting our long standing bilateral relations with India. We have asked the Indians to stop bottom trawling,\u201d Mr. Sirisena said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The President said he was looking forward to a constructive role by the Tamil-ruled northern provincial council to resolve the dispute. \u201cI hope they can exercise their legislative powers to tackle the issue even by consulting the Indian High Commissioner (Ambassador),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The two countries held fishermen-level talks in Chennai last month. The Indian fishermen had reportedly called for 83 days per year for three years to fish in the Palk Strait, the narrow sea strip separating the two countries. The Indian groups had assured they will fish five nautical miles off the Sri Lankan coast. However, there was no official communication on the talks.<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:The Hindu<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton40200\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D40200&amp;text=President%20Sirisena%20Asks%20Indians%20to%20Stop%20Bottom%20Trawling%20and%20Orders%20Navy%20to%20Seize%20Indian%20Boats%20Entering%20Sri...%20&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dismissing the Opposition\u2019s claim that his government has given fishing rights to Indians, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has said he has issued clear instructions to the Navy to seize boats that violate the country\u2019s territorial waters. \u201cWe have not allowed fishing in our waters for the Indians. 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