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"Mr President, I have the greatest possible respect for the Indian people and the Indian Government. I fully respect the sovereignty of India, and I recognise the difficult and unusual situation which gave rise to the current cases.
We must not undermine the good relations between the UK and India, and in that spirit of cooperation I feel that it is appropriate for us to make certain requests. I recognise the Indian Government has legitimate concerns over illegally held weapons and I understand their reasonably held worries since the events in Mumbai in 2008, but as far as I can see the British citizens involved – including Nick Dunn from my constituency in Ashington – also had a reasonable belief: they believed that they were acting in accordance with the law. They believed that they were fighting against piracy, working for an American company. They did not believe they were doing anything contrary to the law or to the best interests of India, nor did they even necessarily know that the weapons were illegally held. In such a case, I really wonder whether their continued imprisonment really serves any public interest. I therefore call upon the Indian government to review this case and to free those British, Italian and Estonian citizens who have been caught up in a situation not of their making."@en1
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