- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday discussed the rehabilitation of Tamils and other bilateral issues.
- Officials from both sides reviewed the decisions taken at the previous summit meeting, including restoration of the railway infrastructure and Colombo noted that the paperwork for the $ 800-million credit line was over.
- India had completed a survey of the Kankesanthurai port and was preparing a report for its modernisation. The paperwork for modernising the Palaly airport was over and the project to build 50,000 houses in the war-torn areas had taken off.
- Sri Lanka appreciated the help extended by Indian civil society organisations in rehabilitating the war widows and providing assistance to farmers in the northern and eastern areas in sowing the fields after the end of the war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
India and Sri Lanka initialled a memorandum of understanding for resumption of ferry services between Colombo and Tuticorin and Talaimannar and Rameswaram.
A statement by the Indian High Commission in Colombo said a delegation led by Secretary in the Ministry of Shipping K. Mohandas held discussions on October 14 and 15 on the MoU on ferry services.
Mr Rajapaksa was here as chief gues for CWG ending ceremony
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