Sri Lanka welcomes EU’s fish ban removal

Sri Lanka will resume fish exports to the European Union after a one and a half-year break.

The European Commission is lifting a ban imposed against the country in January 2015.

Al Jazeera’s Minelle Fernandez reports from Colombo.

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Minelle Fernandez is the Sri Lanka correspondent for Al Jazeera News, operating from Columbo.

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