India today assured that it will take all measures to ensure safety and security of Sri Lankans in the country. It said the Centre was in close consultation with the concerned state governments regarding this. The assurance came in the wake of the travel advisory issued by Sri Lanka asking its citizen not to visit Tamil Nadu until further notice in the wake of some instances intimidation in that state.

An official spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs emphasised that people-to-people contacts are an
integral part of the close historical, cultural, ethnic and civilisational ties between the two countries.The spokesman said that Indian High Commission in Colombo has issued visas to nearly 200,000 Sri Lankan nationals to visit India last year, while approximately 175,000 Indian tourists visited Sri Lanka in 2011.

India today assured that it will take all measures to ensure safety and security of Sri Lankans in the country. It said the Centre was in close consultation with the concerned state governments regarding this. The assurance came in the wake of the travel advisory issued by Sri Lanka asking its citizen not to visit Tamil Nadu until further notice in the wake of some instances intimidation in that state.

An official spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs emphasised that people-to-people contacts are an
integral part of the close historical, cultural, ethnic and civilisational ties between the two countries.The spokesman said that Indian High Commission in Colombo has issued visas to nearly 200,000 Sri Lankan nationals to visit India last year, while approximately 175,000 Indian tourists visited Sri Lanka in 2011.