New Delhi: With an eye on China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Sri Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe today held talks in New Delhi, discussing ways to step up maritime security cooperation and the need to resolve the issue of arrests of Indian fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy.
Unlike the previous Sri Lankan government headed by Mahinda Rajapakse, the new regime is keen to assure India that it does not have a pro-China tilt. PM Modi also stressed on the need for more devolution of powers to Tamils while Sri Lanka's PM discussed a UNHRC resolution which is coming up in Geneva this week, on Lanka's human rights abuses during the civil war.
Lankan PM Wickremesinghe , who made India his first stop after winning last month's election, said his government was "looking at how power sharing and devolution takes place within Constitution and that much more can be done."
PM Modi also raised the frequent arrests of Indian fishermen by the Lanka's navy with both sides agreeing that fishermen associations should continue to hold talks.
Unlike the previous Sri Lankan government headed by Mahinda Rajapakse, the new regime is keen to assure India that it does not have a pro-China tilt. PM Modi also stressed on the need for more devolution of powers to Tamils while Sri Lanka's PM discussed a UNHRC resolution which is coming up in Geneva this week, on Lanka's human rights abuses during the civil war.
Lankan PM Wickremesinghe , who made India his first stop after winning last month's election, said his government was "looking at how power sharing and devolution takes place within Constitution and that much more can be done."
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PM Modi also raised the frequent arrests of Indian fishermen by the Lanka's navy with both sides agreeing that fishermen associations should continue to hold talks.
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