India, April 6 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called on Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to fulfil the aspirations of the island nation's Tamil minority and to conduct elections to provincial councils.

Matters related to the Tamil minority were among the issues that figured in talks between the two leaders. Modi also met leaders of prominent Tamil political parties from the Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka.

Addressing a media interaction after his meeting with the president, Modi said the two sides had discussed reconstruction and reconciliation in Sri Lanka and Dissanayake had informed him of an "inclusive approach" to this matter.

"We hope the Sri Lankan government will meet the aspirations of the...