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Cruise service soon between Kerala and Sri Lanka
Thiruvananthapuram, May 7
Cruise ship service between Kerala and Sri Lanka is likely to begin soon, said a Sri Lankan minister.
Sri
Lankan Minister Gamini J. Perera told reporters here on Thursday that
the first round of discussions was held last month when a Kerala
delegation came to Sri Lanka.
"In a month's time, we expect to
finalise all the details of operating cruise ships between Kerala and
Sri Lanka..." said Perera.
The journey is expected to be completed in about 16 hours.
Perera called on Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and extended an invitation to him to visit the island country.
Later,
he met Kerala Minister for Food and Civil Supplies Anup Jacob and
discussed areas of cooperation between their departments.
"Kerala
has done well in maintaining an effective public distribution system
and has also done well in food processing and food protection. We wish
to send people from our country to learn from Kerala about this," added
Perera.
Jacob said that Kerala would be glad to receive students
and teachers from Sri Lanka and teach them the advances made in food
processing and protection.