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Diplomacy at work in marine's return: Salman Khurshid
Friday March 22, 2013 12:04:40 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
Diplomacy continues to work, External Affairs Minister Salman
Khurshid said Friday after Italy agreed to send back two of its
marines to face trial for killing two Indian fishermen last year.
"You shouldn't write off diplomacy too soon. At least one can say
diplomacy continues to work when every one else thinks everything
else has failed. Please give diplomacy a little more chance to do
what needs to be done," Khurshid told reporters here.
"The diplomacy that we do under this government is obviously given
a direction by the prime minister and Congress president, it is
the government that is led by them. For anyone else among us to
take credit for it would be unbecoming," he added.
The minister added that the Supreme Court can be informed about
the development next week as per legal procedures. He also said
that he would take parliament into confidence over the
development.
"We will take parliament on board, this will be shared with
parliament, because this was a very huge issue while parliament
was in session," he added.
The Italian marines were on anti-pirate duty aboard cargo ship
Enrica Lexie off India's coast in Kerala in February last year
when they shot the two fishermen mistaking them to be pirates.
Italy insists the shooting happened in international waters and
New Delhi does not have jurisdiction over the matter.
Italian news agency ANSA quoted Rome as saying that "it has asked
and obtained from the Indian authorities written guarantees of the
treatment and the recognition of the two marines' fundamental
rights as recognized by international law".
"Following diplomatic contacts #Italy informed that Marines will
return to #India in accordance with timeline provided to Supreme
Court," external affairs spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin tweeted.
In another post, he said: "Intensive diplomatic contacts in last
24 hrs led 2 #Italy informing that Marines will return as per time
line set by Supreme Court of #India."
Minister of State for Home R.P.N Singh said: "This is the result
of tough stand of the government articulated by the prime minister
in Lok Sabha. I think that is something that we should be clear on
and the opposition should take note of that as they have always
seems to be pointing at the prime minister and the government."
Italian Ambassador Daniele Mancini had given an undertaking to the
Supreme Court that the marines - Massimiliano Latorre and
Salvatore Girone - would return to India by March 22 after voting
in the Italian national elections.
Following this, the court had Feb 22 permitted to leave India to
vote in the elections, with the promise that they would return in
four weeks.
But March 11, the Italy informed India the marines would not be
sent back, leading to a diplomatic stand off. The ambassador was
restrained by the apex court from leaving India for reneging on
his word.
Italy's refusal to send back the two marines had caused a
political storm in India with opposition parties slamming the
government for its handling of the issue.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had assured that the government will
do "whatever needs to be done" to bring back the two Italian
marines.
UPA chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi had termed
Italy's refusal as "outright unacceptable".
"No country can, should or will be allowed to take India for
granted," she had told Congress MPs March 19.
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