Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday met Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Nationwide Safety Advisor Ajit Doval and held “fruitful discussions on the issues of mutual curiosity.”
“Arrived in New Delhi at the moment (fifteenth) at roughly 5:30 PM, warmly welcomed by Dr. L. Murugan, Hon. State Minister of Data & Broadcasting, and different distinguished officers. Held fruitful discussions tonight with @DrSJaishankar and Shri Ajit Doval on issues of mutual curiosity,” Dissanayake wrote on X.
Earlier within the day, the Sri Lankan President was obtained by Union Minister of State for Data and Broadcasting L Murugan in Delhi. That is the primary bilateral go to of Dissanayake to India after assuming workplace in September.
The Sri Lankan President is on a three-day State go to to India from December 15 to December 17. Dissanayake will meet President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi throughout his go to. On Friday, addressing a weekly media briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal famous that will probably be President Dissanayake’s first go to to India after the not too long ago concluded presidential and parliamentary polls in Sri Lanka.
Jaiswal stated, “President of Sri Lanka His Excellency Anura Kumara Dissanayake will go to India on a State go to on 15-17 December, 2024. This would be the first go to of President Dissanayake to India after the not too long ago concluded presidential and parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka. In the course of the go to, President of Sri Lanka will meet Rashtrapatiji and likewise maintain discussions with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on bilateral, regional and worldwide problems with mutual curiosity.
“President of Sri Lanka may also be collaborating in a enterprise occasion in Delhi. He may also go to Bodh Gaya. The go to of President Dissanayake to India shall additional strengthen the multi-faceted and mutually helpful cooperation between the 2 nations,” he added.
In a press launch, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) stated, “Sri Lanka is India’s closest maritime neighbour within the Indian Ocean Area (IOR) and holds a central place in Prime Minister’s imaginative and prescient of ‘SAGAR’ (Safety and Development for All within the Area) and India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ coverage.”
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