Prof. G.L. Peiris says that Sri Lanka-India relations are at a high level

In an interview to The Indian Express, Sri Lanka’s foreign minister G L Peiris said India and Sri Lanka had reached a high point in their relations, and that concerns about the Chinese presence in his country had been “consigned to the past”.

Peiris, who was in Delhi from February 6-8, said the fishermen’s issue – Indian fishermen trespassing in Sri Lankan waters and getting arrested – was now a “serious” flashpoint in ties with India.