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  Sushma Swaraj meets counterparts from Nepal, Sri Lanka

  World | October 01, 2015 11:36 IST

  New 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 | September 17, 2015 22:46 IST

  Colombo: 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 | March 02, 2015 18:20 IST

  Beijing: 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 | February 28, 2015 18:05 IST

  Beijing: 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 | January 18, 2015 23:31 IST

  New 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 | January 17, 2015 23:14 IST

  New 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 | January 16, 2015 22:24 IST

  New 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.