India, Lanka looking at post-COVID cooperation: Jaishankar
COLOMBO : Asserting that the coronavirus pandemic has not dented the bilateral relationship between India and Sri Lanka, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday that the two countries are now looking at post-COVID cooperation.
Speaking at a joint media briefing with his Sri Lankan counterpart Dinesh Gunawardena, Jaishankar said the COVID pandemic has given the two sides an opportunity to work even more closely together.
“It hasn’t dented our bilateral cooperation but the virtual summit between our prime ministers was the watermark of our relationship last year,” he said, referring to the virtual summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa in September.
India stands ready to enhance Sri Lanka s capabilities to meet maritime, security challenges: Jaishankar ANI | Updated: Jan 06, 2021 18:15 IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], January 6 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said that COVID-19 has not dented the bilateral cooperation between India and Sri Lanka and given an opportunity to work even more closely together.
Addressing a joint press conference with his Sri Lankan counterpart Dinesh Gunawardena, Jaishankar said India stands ready to enhance Sri Lanka s capabilities to meet growing maritime and security challenges . I believe COVID has given us an opportunity to work even more closely together. It has not dented our bilateral cooperation. The virtual summit between our prime ministers was the watermark of our relationship last year, he said.
updated: Jan 06 2021, 17:02 ist
Asserting that the coronavirus pandemic has not been able to dent the bilateral relationship between India and Sri Lanka, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday that the two countries are now looking at post-Covid cooperation.
Speaking at a joint media briefing with his Sri Lankan counterpart Dinesh Gunawardena, Jaishankar said the Covid pandemic has given the two sides an opportunity to collaborate even further. It (Covid) hasn t been able to dent our bilateral cooperation. In fact, high level contacts were maintained and indeed strengthened during the past year and the virtual summit between our prime ministers was the watermark of our relationship in 2020, he said.
India, Sri Lanka looking at post-Covid cooperation: S. Jaishankar
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COLOMBO :
Asserting that the coronavirus pandemic has not dented the bilateral relationship between India and Sri Lanka, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Wednesday that the two countries are now looking at post-Covid cooperation.
Speaking at a joint media briefing with his Sri Lankan counterpart Dinesh Gunawardena, Jaishankar said the Covid pandemic has given the two sides an opportunity to work even more closely together.