大使のアショク・サジャンハル氏、スレシュ・K・ゴエル氏、ロビンダー・サクデフ氏
ニューデリー： After a Qatar court commuted the death sentence of eight Indian ex-Navy personnel, foreign affairs expert Robinder Sachdev hailed India’s diplomacy and said that the new verdict by the Qatari court is a big relief for the arrested personnel and their families.
“No doubt, you see diplomacy has also worked. It shows Prime Minister Modi met the mayor of Qatar on the sidelines of the CoP28 which was being held in Dubai recently. So this would have been certainly brought up by the PM with the mayor of Qatar,” he said.
He added, “The judgment by the Qatari court is indeed a huge, huge relief for the families in India. At the same time, there is still some distance ahead because what has happened, is whether the court has commuted or instead of the death sentence has handed some other judgment, which we do at least. As of now, the question will be what is the judgment that the court has now announced?.”
He said further, “Yes, we understand that the death sentence is no longer in the picture, which is a huge relief. But what else is, because the point is that if the court has kind of judged this as a different category of an episode, then is it a five-year sentence, a ten-year sentence, a 20-year sentence? How long would that sentence be? That is one. But the hope we have is that whatever the sentence in the coming days and months, that sentence could perhaps also be reduced so that we have these sailors back home as soon as possible.”
Additionally, Former diplomat Suresh K Goel also appreciated the Indian government’s efforts which resulted in commuting the sentence of Indian naval officers and hoped that if government could ensure their transfer to India in the coming days.
He stated, “After the efforts by the govt, their death sentence has been commuted, hope that in the coming days, with more efforts the sentence reduces further or if they can be transferred to India so that they can serve their rest of the sentence here…efforts will continue.”
Moreover, Former Diplomat, Ashok Sajjanhar said that the commuted sentence is a “welcome development” and added that this is not the end but a need to ensure that all officers would be brought back home safely.
He noted, ” It is a very welcome development, the whole country was really on an edge…the govt and all those who were involved with it were working very hard to ensure that this sentence is not carried out. This is the first positive development…but of course, this is not the end…we need to ensure that all these officers are brought back home safely with full dignity and all the charges against them are removed.”
外務省が報道声明で発表したところによると、カタール裁判所は木曜日、ダーラ・グローバル事件で昨年逮捕した元インド海軍士官８人の死刑判決を減刑した。現在は懲役刑に減刑された。
Describing the judgement, the Ministry of External Affairs said, “We have noted the verdict today of the Court of Appeal of Qatar in the Dahra Global case, in which the sentences have been reduced.”
MEAはまた、この訴訟の詳細な判決が待たれており、カタールの法務チームと緊密に連絡を取っていると述べた。
MEAは「詳細な判断が待たれる。私たちは法務チームや家族と緊密に連絡を取り、次のステップを決定しています。本日、駐カタール大使とその他の当局者が家族とともに控訴院に出席しました。私たちは問題の当初から彼らを支持しており、今後もあらゆる領事および法的支援を提供し続けます。私たちは引き続きカタール当局とこの問題を取り上げていくつもりです。」
インド人2022人はXNUMX年XNUMX月からカタールで投獄されており、潜水艦計画をスパイした疑いで告発されている。退役海軍職員らはカタールの裁判所によって、まだ公式には公表されていない罪状で死刑を宣告された。
今月初め、MEAはこの事件に関して2回の審理が行われたと発表した。
「公聴会は30回行われた。私たちは家族とともに控訴を申し立て、被拘禁者らは最終控訴を行った。その後23回の公聴会が開催された。 XNUMX つは XNUMX 月 XNUMX 日、もう XNUMX つは XNUMX 月 XNUMX 日でした。次の公聴会が近いうちに開かれると思う」とバグキ氏は語った。
さらに、外務省の声明によると、カタール第一審裁判所は彼らに不利な判決を下した。
MEA報道官はまた、ナレンドラ・モディ首相とカタール首長シェイク・タミム・ビン・ハマドとの間で最近行われた会談を強調し、両国関係全体について良好な会話ができたと述べた。
ナレンドラ・モディ首相は、ドバイで開催されたCOP28サミットの傍ら、カタールのシェイク・タミーム・ビン・ハマド・アル＝サーニー首長と会談し、二国間パートナーシップとカタールに住む「インド人コミュニティの福祉」について話し合った。