Mangala Samaraweera
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Sushma Swaraj meets counterparts from Nepal, Sri Lanka
World | Oct 01, 2015, 11:36 AM ISTNew York : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met with her counterparts from neighbours Sri Lanka and Nepal.Sushma held bilateral talks with her Sri Lankan counterpart Mangala Samaraweera and with Nepal's Mahendra Pandey on the
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Sri Lanka undecided on hybrid court; to launch domestic probe
World | Sep 17, 2015, 10:46 PM ISTColombo: Sri Lanka today said it will go ahead with a domestic mechanism next month to probe war crimes during final phase of the battle against the LTTE but stopped short of backing a hybrid
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China defends docking of its submarines in Sri Lanka
World | Mar 02, 2015, 06:20 PM ISTBeijing: China today strongly defended the docking of its submarines at Colombo port as well as the high interests rates charged for its loans asserting that these were done at the instance of the previous
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Lanka says it will not allow docking of Chinese submarines
World | Feb 28, 2015, 06:05 PM ISTBeijing: Sri Lanka today said it will not allow Chinese submarines to dock in its ports, a move apparently aimed at allaying India's concerns.“I really don't know under what sort of circumstances the submarines came
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India, Sri Lanka talk out refugee,fishermen issues amid new warmth in ties
India | Jan 18, 2015, 11:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a significant move reflecting renewed vigour in bilateral ties, India and Sri Lankan today agreed to “re-engage” on repatriation of refugees from India as both countries held “substantive” talks on a raft
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Lankan Foreign Minister arrives on first foreign visit
India | Jan 17, 2015, 11:14 PM ISTNew Delhi: Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera arrived here today on his first foreign visit after assuming office during which he will hold discussions with his counterpart Sushma Swaraj tomorrow. Significantly, ahead of his visit,
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15 Indian fishermen freed, Sri Lankan foreign minister heads for Delhi
India | Jan 16, 2015, 10:24 PM ISTNew Delhi: Setting the stage for improved bilateral ties, Sri Lanka Friday set free 15 Indian fishermen - a day ahead of the arrival of new Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera to India."All free.