COLOMBO: Indian Foreign Minister Dr, S, Jaishankar who arrived in Colombo on Thursday, Jan.19 afternoon met with his Sri Lankan counterpart Ali Sabry in the evening at the foreign ministry headquarters here.
In his tweet, Dr, Jaishankar said : “ A good meeting with Foreign Minister Ali Sabry and other ministerial colleagues this evening in Colombo. Discussed India-Sri Lanka cooperation in infrastructure, connectivity, energy, industry and health.”
He also said that he had conveyed India’s commitment to increase investment flows to Sri Lanka to hasten its economic recovery.” Look forward to my discussions with the leadership tomorrow morning,”he added.
In response, Foreign Minister Sabry said : “ Pleasure to meet with Hon. Dr. S. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India in Colombo. Discussed strengthening the bilateral relationship between our nations, people-to-people contacts, trade and investment ties and appreciated India’s steadfast assistance for Sri Lanka
