‘Centre awake to
Gujaratis stuck in Fiji’
Union
external affairs minister Jaswant Singh assured chief minister Keshubhai
Patel that the Centre is conscious of the security of the Gujarati community
settled in Fiji.
Mr Patel had expressed
concern over the developments in Fiji and had appealed to the Central
government to take care of the security needs of the Gujarati community
settled there.
Mr Singh said the Centre
shares the concern of the state and is making efforts to get the support
of the international community to resolve the crisis as well as get
support from international organisations such as the Commonwealth.
Mr Singh has said that
a high level Commonwealth mission will leave for Fiji shortly and an
official of the external affairs ministry has visited Fiji after marshal
law was declared there and has given the first hand report of the conditions
there to the Centre.
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