SRI LANKA-External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee will visit Sri Lanka soon to persuade Colombo to go for peace talks with the LTTE after announcing a ceasefire, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanudhi said today after meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
INDIA: Senior Presidential Advisor MP Basil Rajapaksa said yesterday after talks with Indian leaders that New Delhi and Colombo were “genuine friends” and that his country would keep civilian casualties in the war against the Tigers “to the very minimum”. sources-dailynews
SRI LANKA-India is set to sign the long-awaited Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with Sri Lanka on the sidelines of the SAARC summit in Colombo early next month, it was announced last night. dailynews
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