Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe declared any fishing activities by Palali airport were strictly banned, due to the planned expansion of a military base in Jaffna.
Mr Wickremesinghe was in Jaffna last week, where he participated at a high level meeting at the Security Forces Head Quarters – Jaffna, reports Ceylon Today.
At the meeting, Sri Lankan army officers told the prime minister that fishing activities in the region could endanger the military air base in Palali.
Though the plight of fishermen who were unable to fish in the region was raised by the UNP’s Deputy Minister Vijayakala Maheswaran, Mr Wickremesinghe responded by stating the existing base “would be expanded as a regional airbase in the future”.
Mr Wickremesinghe was in Jaffna last week, where he participated at a high level meeting at the Security Forces Head Quarters – Jaffna, reports Ceylon Today.
At the meeting, Sri Lankan army officers told the prime minister that fishing activities in the region could endanger the military air base in Palali.
Though the plight of fishermen who were unable to fish in the region was raised by the UNP’s Deputy Minister Vijayakala Maheswaran, Mr Wickremesinghe responded by stating the existing base “would be expanded as a regional airbase in the future”.