Minister of External Affairs of India, Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will be undertaking an official visit to Sri Lanka tomorrow (June 20) for a wide range of meetings with the Government and Opposition.
During this visit, the External Affairs Minister of India is scheduled to pay courtesy calls on President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena. The visiting Indian External Affairs Minister and his delegation will also have a meeting with Foreign Minister Ali Sabry at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry said.
In addition he is also due to meet with Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, Tamil National Alliance Mps and other Tamil parties representing the upcountry plantation sector.
The Indian High Commission in Colombo confirming details of the visit said the visiting Minister ‘will have meetings with the leadership of Sri Lanka on wide-ranging issues of the partnership’.
‘This will be EAM's first bilateral visit after the formation of new Government under Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. Reaffirming India's Neighbourhood First Policy, the visit underlines India's continued commitment to Sri Lanka as its closest maritime neighbour and time tested friend’, the High Commission said.
“ The visit will add momentum to connectivity projects and other mutually beneficial cooperation across sectors.”, the High Commission added.
During the visit issues related to implementation of projects funded by India as well as proposed investments is due to be taken up.
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