Jayalalithaa reiterates call for economic embargo
July 31, 2011 03:38 pm
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has urged the Central Government to impose an economic embargo on Sri Lanka for alleged ‘war crimes’ and atrocities committed on the ethnic Tamil community by the Sri Lankan Government.
Demanding justice for the Sri Lankan Tamils in a resolution passed by the Tamil Nadu assembly, Jayalalithaa had called for an economic blockade against neighbouring Sri Lanka in June.
Addressing a news conference in Chennai, she asserted that AIADMK lawmakers would be raising the issue before other parties during the Parliament’s Monsoon Session beginning on August 1.
“Yes, our Members of Parliament will definitely be raising the issue on the floors of both houses of Parliament, with regard to the atrocities committed against Sri Lankan Tamils and the resolutions passed in the Tamil Nadu assembly to declare those guilty of war crimes as war criminals and to see that they are made to appear before the International Criminal Court for inquiry,” said Jayalalithaa.
“We have also been insisting that an economic embargo should be imposed against Sri Lanka. Our Members of Parliament will raise these issues in both the houses,” she added.
Responding to another query, she said the Centre had not given any assurance on imposing economic sanctions against Sri Lanka although she was pressing for it.
In this connection, she pointed out that a couple of days after her meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the United States had stopped all aid to Sri Lanka. (ANI/ENS)
Demanding justice for the Sri Lankan Tamils in a resolution passed by the Tamil Nadu assembly, Jayalalithaa had called for an economic blockade against neighbouring Sri Lanka in June.
Addressing a news conference in Chennai, she asserted that AIADMK lawmakers would be raising the issue before other parties during the Parliament’s Monsoon Session beginning on August 1.
“Yes, our Members of Parliament will definitely be raising the issue on the floors of both houses of Parliament, with regard to the atrocities committed against Sri Lankan Tamils and the resolutions passed in the Tamil Nadu assembly to declare those guilty of war crimes as war criminals and to see that they are made to appear before the International Criminal Court for inquiry,” said Jayalalithaa.
“We have also been insisting that an economic embargo should be imposed against Sri Lanka. Our Members of Parliament will raise these issues in both the houses,” she added.
Responding to another query, she said the Centre had not given any assurance on imposing economic sanctions against Sri Lanka although she was pressing for it.
In this connection, she pointed out that a couple of days after her meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the United States had stopped all aid to Sri Lanka. (ANI/ENS)
