India’s external affairs minister, S Jaishankar, announces plans to open negotiations with Sri Lanka over obtaining fishing rights in waters near the Katchatheevu island. He criticizes the central government and the Congress and DMK parties for ceding the island in 1974 without resistance. Jaishankar highlights the ongoing arrests of Indian fishermen and seizures of their vessels by Sri Lanka. He emphasizes the public’s right to know the details of how the island was given to Sri Lanka.