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| Posted: 24 Jun 2009 10:40 | ||
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The Indian Central Government will take a decision today (June 24) on the MV Captain Ali - a ship which is on a mercy mission to Sri Lanka. A high level delegation of Sri Lankan officials will be meeting External Affairs Minister S M Krishna later today. A decision is expected to be taken after that meeting. MV Captain Ali is a ship that is carrying around 884 tonnes of aid including food, medicine and other relief materials for internally displaced Sri Lankan Tamils. The Sri Lankan government has accused the NGO sending the aid of helping the LTTE and hence has sent back the relief ship. The ship was turned away by Lankan Navy after which it anchored off the coast of Chennai. The MV Captain Ali was sent to Vanni by an NGO called ‘ACT Now’, which is a strong representative of the Tamil diaspora. Captain Ali’s journey so far 1. On April 20 the MV Captain Ali set sail from Ipswich in Britain to France. It left Fossurmer in France On May 7 to go to Vanni in Sri Lanka 2. On June 9, the relief laden MV Captain Ali set sail for India after being asked to leave Sri Lankan waters. 3. Captain MV Ali entered Indian waters and anchored off the coast of Chennai on June 14 |
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