CCOLOMBO ; Sri Lanka NPP and JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake who is on a five day visit to India met with foreign minister Dr S. Jaishankar in New Delhi on Monday ,Feb 5.
“A good discussion on our bilateral relationship and the mutual benefits from its further deepening. Also spoke about Sri Lanka’s economic challenges and the path ahead,” he further said.
Indian Minister Jaishankar also assured that India, with its Neighbourhood First and SAGAR policies will always be a reliable friend and trusted partner of Sri Lanka.
MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake is in India for a five-day visit on an invitation extended by the Indian government.
“This is the first time that the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) leader, who helms the (NPP) alliance, has received an official invitation from the Government of India,” the NPP said yesterday, announcing the Indian visit.
It is reported that the delegation is scheduled to visit three cities —New Delhi, Ahmedabad, and Thiruvananthapuram — and hold meetings with government officials, and members of the business and community, in addition to visiting centres of excellence in agriculture and industry
Before his departure to India, Dissanayake met with the Indian high commissioner in Colombo Santhush Jha in Colombo
