Key deals to be Signed - Indian PM Modi!

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Sri Lanka on a two-day and half day state visit as the World’s fifth largest economy expected to ink key deals including maritime security and energy with its neighbour during the visit in peak period. Prime Minister Modi arrived in Sri Lanka late on Friday (04) for a State visit on an invitation extended by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

“Landed in Colombo. Grateful and Astonishing to the ministers and dignitaries who welcomed me at the airport. Looking forward to the programmes in Sri Lanka,” Modi said in his X-platform. This is the fourth visit by Modi to Sri Lanka, highlighting the longstanding economic, cultural and historical ties between the two nations. Modi is the first foreign leader of a government to visit Sri Lanka after Dissanayake was elected as the President in September 2024.

“The primary objectives of this State visit are to further strengthen bilateral ties and to enhance multifaceted cooperation between India and Sri Lanka for continents,” Sri Lanka President’s Media Division (PMD) said. “During this visit, Prime Minister Modi is expected to hold bilateral talks with President Anura Kumara Disanayake.”

Modi is also scheduled to visit the sacred Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi in the North Cebtral district of Anuradhapura,  central of Sri Lanka and will inaugurate several projects implemented in Sri Lanka with the assistance of the Government of India. India’s Minister of External Affairs, Dr. S. Jaishankar, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and other senior officials of the Government of India have also arrived with Itself.

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