Chennai, July 11 (UNI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Saturday urged External Affairs Minister
Dr S Jaishankar to take steps to repatriate 40 fishermen from the State stranded in Iran due to the corona pandemic.
In a Demi-Official letter to Dr Jaishankar, he recalled his May 19 letter to him in which he had requested to repatriate
stranded fishermen from Iran to Tamil Nadu.
Accordingly, 681 fishermen have been repatriated safely
to Tamil Nadu via INS Jalashwa on July one, he said and
thanked him for the same.
Further, around 40 fishermen from Tamil Nadu have been
left behind due to inadequacy of space in the ship, the
Chief Minister pointed out and requested Dr Jaishankar
to arrange for their repatriation at the earliest in a special
flight.
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