Indian Foreign Minister calls on President Ranil

The visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar has called on President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the President’s House a short while ago.

Dr. S. Jaishankar is currently engaged in a one-on-one meeting with President Wickremesinghe, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

Jaishankar arrived in Sri Lanka on an official visit this morning and was welcomed at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake by Sri Lanka’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya and the Governor of Eastern Province Senthil Thondaman.

During the visit, the Indian foreign minister is scheduled to have meetings with the leadership of Sri Lanka on wide-ranging issues of the partnership, according to the Indian High Commission in Colombo. 

This is Jaishankar’s first bilateral visit after the formation of the new Government under Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.