Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Colombo met Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and discussed bilateral and issues of regional importance.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Colombo met Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and discussed bilateral and issues of regional importance.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Sri Lanka's new leaders to grant greater autonomy to minority Tamils who suffered the most during decades of ethnic war.
Narendra Modi landed in Jaffna on March 14, becoming the first Indian prime minister to visit Sri Lanka's war-ravaged northern Tamil heartland and handed over 27,000 new homes to Tamils who became homeless during the civil war.
1. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (6R) and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena (4R) stand to attention during a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo on March 13, 2015.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (6R) and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena (4R) stand to attention during a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo on March 13, 2015. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Sri Lanka's new leaders to grant greater autonomy to minority Tamils who suffered the most during decades of ethnic war. AFP.
2. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) delivering an address to the Sri Lankan parliament in Colombo on March 13, 2015.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) delivering an address to the Sri Lankan parliament in Colombo on March 13, 2015. Narendra Modi urged Sri Lanka's new leaders to give greater autonomy to its Tamil minority after a long ethnic war, as he began the first official visit by an Indian premier to the island in 28 years on March 13. AFP.
3. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) sits next to the Sri Lankan Speaker of Parliament Chamal Rajapaksa after addressing the Sri Lankan parliament in Colombo on March 13, 2015.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) sits next to the Sri Lankan Speaker of Parliament Chamal Rajapaksa after addressing the Sri Lankan parliament in Colombo on March 13, 2015. Narendra Modi urged Sri Lanka's new leaders to give greater autonomy to its Tamil minority after a long ethnic war, as he began the first official visit by an Indian premier to the island in 28 years on March 13. AFP.
4. Indian prime minister Narendra Modi (C) arrives in Jaffna, some 400 kilometres (250 miles) north of Colombo on March 14, 2015.
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Indian prime minister Narendra Modi (C) arrives in Jaffna, some 400 kilometres (250 miles) north of Colombo on March 14, 2015. Narendra Modi landed in Jaffna on March 14, becoming the first Indian prime minister to visit Sri Lanka's war-ravaged northern Tamil heartland. The Indian leader flew in by helicopter a day after urging Sri Lanka to grant greater autonomy to its largest minority after a decades-long ethnic war that killed at least 100,000 people, mostly Tamils. AFP.
5. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (centre L) takes part in a milk boiling ceremony as he handed over Indian-funded houses to Tamils displaced or made destitute by fighting in Jaffna, some 400 kilometres (250 miles) north of Colombo on March 14, 2015.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (centre L) takes part in a milk boiling ceremony as he handed over Indian-funded houses to Tamils displaced or made destitute by fighting in Jaffna, some 400 kilometres (250 miles) north of Colombo on March 14, 2015. Narendra Modi landed in Jaffna on March 14, becoming the first Indian prime minister to visit Sri Lanka's war-ravaged northern Tamil heartland. AFP.
6. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) speaks during a ceremony to hand over Indian-funded houses to Tamils displaced or made destitute by fighting in Jaffna, some 400 kilometres (250 miles) north of Colombo on March 14, 2015.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) speaks during a ceremony to hand over Indian-funded houses to Tamils displaced or made destitute by fighting in Jaffna, some 400 kilometres (250 miles) north of Colombo on March 14, 2015. Narendra Modi landed in Jaffna on March 14, becoming the first Indian prime minister to visit Sri Lanka's war-ravaged northern Tamil heartland. AFP.
