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In a joint press statement with Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe in New Delhi on Friday, PM Modi also said that the two nations have decided to start a ferry service from Tamil Nadu to Sri Lanka...

Kwatra said that PM Modi and Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe discussed maritime connectivity. He said both countries are looking at connecting Nagapatnam in India with Kankasanthurai in Sri Lanka.

"I have no hope of being President for 13 years," Wickremesinghe said, amidst opposition to his hard economic reforms which had triggered utility rate hikes and increased personal taxes.

Indian delegate V Muraleedharan said that he was happy to represent India at "friendly neighbour" Sri Lanka's 75th Independence Day celebrations