Colombo, April 5 – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with the leaders of the Sri Lankan Tamil and Indian Origin Tamil community on Friday at Colombo.
In the joint statement following the meeting, Modi said he hoped the Sri Lankan government will fulfil the aspirations of Tamil people in the island country. He also said that New Delhi expects the Colombo will “work in the direction of full implementation of the constitution, and fulfil their commitment of provisional council elections.”
On the fishermen’s issue, the two leaders agreed on a humanitarian approach as PM Modi said, “We should release them quickly and give them the boats, we also discussed reconciliation…”
President Dissanayake said he sought PM Modi’s intervention to take measures to stop the practice and curb illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing…”
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