India is prepared to resume ferry services between Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka, India High Commissioner Ashok K. Kantha said on Wednesday, speaking after inaugurating a visa office in the Northern town in Jaffna.
The two ferry services are expected to connect Talaimannar in Northern Sri Lanka and Rameshwaran and Colombo Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu, reported Hindustan Times.
The Government of India has also favored an early resumption of the ferry service between Talaimannar and Rameshwaran as also between Colombo and Tuticorin. In July 2009, India and Sri Lanka had decided to resume the ferry service between Cochin and Colombo after a gap of 25 years.That decision was taken at the SAARC transport ministers’ conference which was attended by an Indian delegation led by Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, RPN Singh.
Speaking on this occasion on Wednesday, Kantha reiterated the commitment of the Government of India to promote closer ties between the people of India and Sri Lanka and conveyed that India was looking forward to opening a Consulate in Jaffna in the near future, the report said.
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