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Norwegian official lauds court decision on children custody row | | State Secretary of Norwegian Ministry of Environment, Heidi Sorensen, on Tuesday lauded the ruling of the court to hand over two Indian children in foster care to their paternal uncle in India, and said the decision was in the kids'
'best interests'. Welcoming the developments in the case, Sorensen appreciated
New Delhi government's close cooperation in resolving the issue. "We are very
happy that this issue has been solved in the best of interest of the children.
We have had a close dialogue with the government of India through this process
and I really appreciate the active and constructive engagement of the college
of government of India on this," said Sorensen "I think that has been crucial
for me to say that I do not think, at least we do not hope, that this will have
affect on the relationships. I think the outcome of this case, we are very happy
for," she added. The kids, Abhigyan and Aishwarya, arrived here this morning and
were received by their maternal grandparents. On Monday, a Norwegian court had
handed over the two NRI children in foster care to their paternal uncle, ending
months of a custody row that saw India stepping up diplomatic pressure on Norway
to send the kids back. Norway's Children Welfare Service (CWS), which had kept
the children in foster care since May last year, made a recommendation to the
Stavanger District court that the children's custody should be given to the uncle
and that they should be allowed to return to India. Three-year-old Abhigyan and
one-year-old Aishwarya were placed in the care of two different foster families
in Norway . The Norwegian authorities had earlier said the children were taken
away, as their parents, Sagarika and Anurup, were not taking proper care of them.
The parents, however, claimed that the authorities took exception to the cultural
differences such as sleeping with the children and breastfeeding the daughter
at scheduled times, as opposed to when she cried. |
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