New Delhi, March 28 -- India has stressed the need to "avoid the use of force under all circumstances" with regard to Indian fishermen during talks with Sri Lanka, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also raise the issue of the welfare of Indian fishermen during his talks with Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said today.
Prime Minister Modi will travel to Sri Lanka on a State Visit from April 4-6, at the invitation of Sri Lankan President Dissanayake.
In August last year an Indian fisherman had died after his fishing boat capsized in the sea while resisting arrest by a Sri Lankan Navy patrol vessel. India had summoned a senior Sri Lankan diplomat in New Delhi to register its "strong protest" ...