Send marines or face consequences: PM warns Italy

13 Mar 2013 Evaluate

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has warned Italy of consequences if its two marines charged with killing of two Indian fishermen don't return to face the Indian law. PM’s response came after former External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh and Basudeb Acharia (CPI-M) attacked the government on the issue with the BJP leader dubbing the action of the Italian government as a very curious Italian job.

Maintaining that the Italian government’s stand was not acceptable, Singh said it had violated the solemn commitment extended by the Italian embassy to return the two marines to India to stand trial. Italy claims that the incident took place in international waters and has been attempting to get them tried in Italian courts. However, India says the shooting took place in its territorial waters.

Assuring Parliament that the government would continue to urge Italy through diplomatic channels to send back the marines, he wanted the members to act and speak together while dealing with the matter with the seriousness that it deserves.

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