India and Sri Lanka held the tenth round of talks for widening the scope of the existing free trade agreement between the two countries.
A free trade agreement in goods has been in existence since March 2000, but talks are ongoing to widen the scope to include services and investments.
"The talks are going at a healthy pace and both the countries are targeting to conclude the talks by December for the Economic and Technology Co-operation Agreement (ETCA)," an official said, PTI reports.
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