Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Santosh Jha and Sri Lankan speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana, inaugurated the 'Sri Lanka - India Friendship Arch' at the National Sandalwood Garden on Thursday.
Tamil Nadu BJP President K. Annamalai said on Wednesday that a joint working group will be called between India and Sri Lanka to discuss about 170 Tamil fishermen's boats that have been seized by the Sri Lankan Navy.
Fonseka stated that he does not approve of any military presence within Sri Lanka's territorial waters or territory and recognized the close relationship between Sri Lanka and India, stressing the need to understand and address Indian security concerns in the region.
Fishermen associations in Tamil Nadu's Rameswaram launched an indefinite strike on Saturday following the death of a fisherman by a Sri Lankan Navy vessel at 5 nautical miles north of Katchatheevu Island.
The officials of the Indian Consulate General in Jaffna, visited the Kayts police station and met two fishermen who were among the four, whose boat capsized upon collision with a Sri Lankan naval boat.
The statement said that a collision was reported earlier the same day between a Sri Lankan naval vessel and an Indian fishing boat 5 nautical miles north of Katchatheevu Island
Showing optimism to increasing connectivity between India and Sri Lanka, the Minister Counsellor (Commercial) of Sri Lanka's High Commision, Geshan Dissanayake said Wednesday that the ferry services between India's Nagapattinan and Sri Lanka's Kankesanthurai will be resumed this year.