Ferry service launch a big step for India-Lanka contacts: Jaishankar

Team Blitz India

NEW DELHI: The launch of passenger ferry service between Tamil Nadu’s Nagapattinam and Sri Lanka’s Kankesanthurai ‘truly’ a big step for people-to-people contact between India and Sri Lanka, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on October 14.

Jaishankar virtually joined the launch of the ferry services that was flagged off by Union Minister of Ports Sarbananda Sonowal at Nagapattinam.

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“But the occasion is more than just a ferry launch. It is an affirmation of the people-centric policies of the Modi Government that have helped both those in Tamil Nadu and those in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province,” he added.

Jaishankar termed India’s Neighbourhood First policy a generous and far-sighted approach to approximate nations with a focus on connectivity, cooperation and contacts. He said that India’s approach is visible in the Chennai-Jaffna flights that have been sanctioned by PM Modi.