Lankan navy greets fishermen with tea
25 Jan 2013 7:16 AM IST
In a goodwill gesture, Sri Lankan Naval personnel, often accused of using strongarm tactics, on Thursday offered refreshments to a group of Indian fishermen from here when they were fishing near Katchatheevu.
The fishermen were in a for a pleasant surprise as the Sri Lankan navalmen surrounded them only to offer biscuits and tea near Katchatheevu, an islet ceded by India to the island Republic in the 1970s under an agreement.
The Lankan personnel, however, offered a friendly warning asking the fishermen to fish in Indian waters and not to come too deep into their territorial waters.
The fishermen were in a for a pleasant surprise as the Sri Lankan navalmen surrounded them only to offer biscuits and tea near Katchatheevu, an islet ceded by India to the island Republic in the 1970s under an agreement.
The Lankan personnel, however, offered a friendly warning asking the fishermen to fish in Indian waters and not to come too deep into their territorial waters.
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