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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar volition wage an authoritative sojourn to Sri Lanka Friday and conscionable with the country’s caller enactment led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. This volition beryllium the archetypal sojourn by a Foreign Minister since the Presidential polls.
“In keeping with India’s Neighbourhood First Policy and SAGAR outlook, the sojourn underlines the shared committedness of the 2 countries to further deepen the longstanding concern for communal benefit,” the Ministry of External Affairs said successful a connection announcing the visit.
Jaishankar’s sojourn is expected to reappraisal ties betwixt the 2 countries and look astatine the aboriginal prospects nether the caller enactment successful Colombo. This volition beryllium an accidental for India to perceive astir Dissanayake’s plans connected Indian investments, views connected determination information and his attack towards Tamil number rights successful the state among different issues.
On Wednesday, Dissanayake — helium is called AKD, a notation to his initials — met Santosh Jha, Indian High Commissioner successful Colombo, who emphasised that India wishes to spot Sri Lanka look arsenic a “peaceful and unchangeable authorities successful the region” and expressed India’s willingness to assistance Sri Lanka successful implementing digitization initiatives to combat corruption.
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Dissanayake has said that helium is not opposed to India, and that it came to Sri Lanka’s assistance during the 2022 crisis. Unlike China, India has been a consenting spouse to its indebtedness restructuring. The caller Sri Lanka enactment is besides alert of Indian concerns regarding China, particularly implicit the question of Chinese vessels successful the area.
This was their 2nd gathering since Dissanayake won the Presidential elections — the Indian envoy was the archetypal overseas diplomat to conscionable him connected September 23, hours aft his triumph successful the polls.
“During our conversation, helium (Indian envoy Jha) congratulated the caller authorities and expressed India’s readiness to enactment our improvement process successful immoderate mode possible. He emphasised that India wishes to spot Sri Lanka look arsenic a peaceful and unchangeable authorities successful the region,” Dissanayake had said.
“Mr Jha besides reflected connected the long-standing relationship and closeness betwixt our 2 nations, highlighting the value of maintaining a continuous and unchangeable concern arsenic neighbouring states. Furthermore, helium pointed retired the value of digitising authorities systems to efficaciously combat corruption,” helium had said.
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