Ø India summoned Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit on Friday and
lodged a strong protest over a Pakistan court’s order to release Zaki-ur-Rehman
Lakhvi, mastermind of the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai. Hours later
Pakistan summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner in Islamabad J.P. Singh to
the Foreign Office, where it raised the 2007 Samjhauta train blast case, in
which 68 people including many Pakistani nationals were killed. Islamabad
contended that there was undue delay in the trial.
Ø in Colombo four MoUs -- on visa exemptions for official passport
holders, customs cooperation, youth exchanges and education, and the
construction of a university auditorium -- were announced. Mr. Modi also
announced e-visa on arrival services for Sri Lankans, a $ 318 million Line of
Credit to upgrade Sri Lanka’s railways, and a promise to build Trincomalee as a
“petroleum hub”, while seeking movement on the 500 MW Sampur power project,
that has been delayed for years due to environmental concerns.
Ø INS Alleppey , one of the six
Ponchicherry class coastal minesweepers purchased from the erstwhile USSR in
the 1970s, was on Friday decommissioned at sunset after nearly 35 years of
service under the Western Naval Command. After INS
Alleppey ’s
decommissioning, the Indian Navy will be left with six other operational
minesweeper vessels.
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