Jaishankar meets SL President (Pics)

Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar called on President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the President’s House earlier today (June 20) for a one-on-one meeting.

The PMD sayas that three milestones in Indo-Sri Lanka relations were achieved during Dr. Jaishankar’s visit,

President Wickremesinghe & Dr. Jaishankar jointly unveiled the virtual plaque for 106 houses in Kandy, Nuwara Eliya & Matale under the Indian Housing Project with 24 houses in each model village in Colombo & Trincomalee being handed over virtually.

They aslo jointly unveiled the virtual plaque a short while ago to mark the formal commissioning of the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Sri Lanka under a $6M grant from India. This includes a centre at Navy HQ in Colombo, a sub-centre in Hambantota & unmanned installations at Galle, Arugambay, Batticaloa, Trincomalee, Kallarawa, Point Pedro & Mollikulam.

Tweeting, Dr. Jaishankar has said that he was honoured to call on President Wickresemesinghe and conveyed the warm greetings of the Indian PM Narendra Modi.

“Appreciated the progress made on various bilateral projects and initiatives. Under President @RW_UNP’s guidance, discussed the way forward for the 🇮🇳 🇱🇰 cooperation, especially in power, energy, connectivity, port infrastructure, aviation, digital, health, food security, education and tourism sectors,” he has further said.

(Pics : X feed of Dr. S. Jaishankar)