In extraordinary gesture, four Sri Lankan ministers receive EAM Jaishankar at airport
Date
3/31/2022 1:02:49 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
In an extraordinary gesture, four Sri Lankan ministers received
Indian External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar, who is on a
bilateral visit to the island nation, at the airport on Sunday
evening, Trend reports citing ZEE5.
The ministers, Gamini Lokuge, Minister of Energy, Johnston
Fernando, Minister of Highways, Prasanna Ranatunga, Ministry of
Tourism and, D V Chanaka, State Minister of Aviation and Export
Zones Development, recieved Jaishankar at the airport.
On Sunday, Jaishankar arrived in Colombo for a bilateral visit.
During his visit, he will also attend the BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal
Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation)
meeting.
“Arrived in Colombo for a bilateral visit and BIMSTEC meeting.
Look forward to my discussions over the next two days,” Jaishankar
tweeted hours after concluding his Maldives visit.
The minister will be in Sri Lanka from March 28 to 30.
This follows the visits to India by Sri Lanka Finance Minister
Basil Rajapaksa in December 2021 earlier this month and that of Sri
Lanka Foreign Minister professor G L Peiris in February 2022.
According to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the
bilateral meetings and interactions which EAM will have in Sri
Lanka highlight the priority that Sri Lanka occupies for India.
While in Sri Lanka, EAM will also participate in the BIMSTEC
Ministerial Meeting on March 29 in Colombo.
Both Maldives and Sri Lanka are India's key maritime neighbours
in the Indian Ocean Region and occupy a special place in the Prime
Minister's vision of 'SAGAR' and Neighbourhood First.
The EAM's visit is testimony to the importance that India
attaches to its close and friendly relations with the Maldives and
Sri Lanka.
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