INDIA-LANKA 2LST

Two Indian fishermen were killed allegedly by Sri
Lankan Navy in international maritime area since the last one
month, triggering anger in India.
Peiris said the Lankan government has been talking to
its Navy and "according to the information available with us,
Navy was not responsible."
He said there were satellite pictures which indicated
that there was "no complicity" on the part of Sri Lankan Navy.
He, however, said that Lanka was "open to any
evidence" that may be presented to it.
"For the future what is needed is stable mechanism
rather than addressing these matters on ad hoc basis... After
the incident has occurred, there is certainly a need for
stable mechanism to address the problem and to ensure that
these incidents do not recur," Peiris said.
He referred to Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao's recent
visit to Colombo a week ago and said she had some fruitful
discussions with the government of Sri Lanka.
The joint statement released at the end of her visit
indicates that there was an agreement on modality on the way
forward in which the mechanism of Joint Working Group, which
has not met since 2006, could be activated again, the Lankan
Foreign Minister said.
He stressed the need for addressing the issue to
ensure that there is no recurrence. PTI PYK
RCJ


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