Fishermen from India and Sri Lanka have been released and handed over to their respective coastguards at their countries’ maritime border.
The release of the men, fifteen Indians and ten from Sri Lanka, is the first since the new government has come into power and comes soon after External Affairs Minister Mangala Samaraweera’s visit.
According to an Indian Coast Guard spokesperson, India had repatriated 1,112 Indian fishermen with 165 fishing boats and 423 fishermen from Sri Lanka with 60 fishing boats during 2014.
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