{"id":2580,"date":"2026-06-17T12:39:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/?p=2580"},"modified":"2026-06-17T12:39:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:39:25","slug":"canada-reaffirms-cooperation-in-fisheries-and-maritime-sector-with-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/2026\/06\/17\/canada-reaffirms-cooperation-in-fisheries-and-maritime-sector-with-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Reaffirms Cooperation in Fisheries and Maritime Sector with Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A special official meeting between Canadian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka <strong>Isabelle Martin<\/strong> and Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources <strong>Ramanalingam Chandrasekar<\/strong> was held on the morning of the 15th at the Ministry premises.<\/p>\n<p>At a time when the current government is approaching two years in office, the Minister briefed the High Commissioner on measures taken to stabilize the country\u2019s economy and establish a corruption-free governance culture.<\/p>\n<p>He also expressed gratitude to the Government of Canada for its assistance to Sri Lanka, particularly in supporting fishing communities affected by natural disasters such as Cyclone \u201cDitwa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the situation in the Northern and Eastern provinces, the Minister noted that a renewed sense of hope has emerged among the people following the removal of long-standing roadblocks, reopening of key roads, and the systematic process of land release after several decades. He also recalled the historic mandate given by the people of the Northern Province in support of national reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary to the Ministry, <strong>Dr. B. K. Kolitha Kamal Jinadasa<\/strong>, stated that the government aims to transform the fisheries industry into a more advanced and modern sector beyond a mere livelihood activity. He noted Sri Lanka\u2019s interest in gaining access to Canada\u2019s advanced biotechnology, modern vessel design technologies, and aquaculture innovations.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian High Commissioner emphasized that under Canada\u2019s new Indo-Pacific Strategy, strengthening cooperation with Sri Lanka in maritime security and the fisheries sector has been given high priority. Both sides also agreed to further discussions on investment opportunities and technical collaboration through detailed proposals in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Officials from the political and commercial sections of the Canadian High Commission also participated in the meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A special official meeting between Canadian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Isabelle Martin and Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources Ramanalingam Chandrasekar was held on the morning of the 15th at the Ministry premises. At a time when the current government is approaching two years in office, the Minister briefed the High Commissioner on &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2581,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2582,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580\/revisions\/2582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}