S Jaishankar said his government is looking at post COVID-19 cooperation with Sri Lanka. Foreign ministers of India and Sri Lanka at a joint press briefing | Photo Credit: ANI
Colombo: India on Wednesday assured Sri Lanka that it can depend on the South Asian giant as a reliable partner in the region. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who is in Colombo on a three-day visit, said India has always underlined unity and territorial integrity of the island nation.
“India has been strongly committed to unity, stability and territorial integrity of Sri Lanka. India will be a dependable and reliable partner,” Jaishankar said at a joint press briefing along with his Sri Lankan counterpart Dinesh Gunawardena.
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S Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister, met Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday. (Photo credit: Twitter/Gotabaya Rajapaksa)
Jaishankar meets Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, discusses ways to strengthen bilateral relationship ANI | Updated: Jan 06, 2021 23:50 IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], January 6 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa met on Wednesday to discuss ways to strengthen the bilateral relationship. Met with the minister of external affairs of India, Dr S Jaishankar at Presidential Secretariat today, Rajapaksa said in a tweet.
He further said, Strengthening the bilateral relationship between SriLanka and India through post COVID19 economy development, Health care, Power Generation etc. were discussed thoroughly.
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