No intention to cede Katchatheevu island: Sri Lankan FM
Sri Lanka has no intention to cede the Katchatheevu island. This was stated by Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath. He called the “rumblings” in India an issue between the political parties there.
“We have our diplomatic channels open to resolve the issue, but what is certain is Sri Lanka will never agree to let go of a part of Sri Lanka which is Katchatheevu and established so by international law,” Herath said on Thursday. Fishermen from both India and Sri Lanka are arrested frequently for inadvertently trespassing into each other’s waters. Herath accused the Indian fishermen of venturing into Sri Lanka’s maritime border to do fishing near Katchatheevu.
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