Sri Lanka’s Highways Minister Lakshman Kiriella stated his government was not interested in India's proposed plans to build a bridge between Tamil Nadu and the Tamil homeland in the North-East of the island.
Ruling out the possibility of the bridge project materialising, Mr Kiriella denied that the proposal was even discussed with the Sri Lankan government.
The minister went on to emphasise that talks with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s visit to Delhi did not include the bridge project. Earlier the minister had said “we are against it because people of Sri Lanka are opposed to it”.
See our earlier posts:
Sri Lanka rejects bridge linking Tamil Nadu and North-East (19 Dec 2015)
Ranil denies discussing CEPA trade deal and India-Sri Lanka bridge (23 September 2015)
Palk Strait bridge will make Sri Lanka an Indian state – PHU (21 September 2015)
Talks on India-Sri Lanka bridge to commence in October (21 Sep 2015)
Sri Lankan govt denies discussing CEPA with India (21 Sep 2015)
Opposition to CEPA mounts (13 Sep 2015)
Sri Lanka’s Indophobia (07 Aug 2015)
Plans for Palk Strait bridge aimed at 'annexing' Sri Lanka to India - Sinhala collective
(07 August 2015)
India still awaiting Sri Lanka's approval for rail link (03 August 2015)
Trade will improve if Tamil issue solved – India (27 July 2014)
Sri Lanka's national federation warns that UNP will divide country (09 July 2015)
Sinhalese organisations slam CM Wigneswaran (14 July 2015)
India working on project to build road to Sri Lanka with ADB support (09 July 2015)
No discussions held on India's road-rail link submission at ADB says Sri Lanka (20 June 2015)
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