PM Modi's Joint Presser with Sri Lankan President: Highlights

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's  is addressing a joint press conference with the new Sri Lankan president  Maithripala Sirisena.

Here are the highlights:
PM Modi said the following:

• We are honoured that you have chosen India as your first overseas destination
• Congratulate you on your victory
• Your mandate carries the collective voice of Sri Lanka
• India is Sri Lanka's closest neighbour and friend
• Our destinations are inter-linked
• Mr Sirisena and I had an excellent discussion on our bilateral relations
• We are committed to unlock the vast potential of our economic cooperation
• Proud to be Sri Lanka's trade partner
• We agreed to expand our defence cooperation
• Indian assisted projects for internally displaced persons for Sri Lanka have made excellent progress
• We expressed satisfaction with the progress
• Pleased with cooperation on agriculture
• President Sirisena and I attach highest importance to the fishermen issue, will address fishermen associations on both sides soon.
• We will encourage fishermen associations to meet soon
• Solutions must be found to be taken forward
• We are at a moment of an unprecedented opportunity to take our bilateral relations to a new level
• The bilateral agreement on civil nuclear cooperation is another demonstration of our mutual trust