Colombo: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe jointly launched the Maritime Rescue Coordination Center on Thursday. China is worried due to this new initiative of India and Sri Lanka. Let us tell you that India has given a grant of 60 lakh dollars for the construction of Marine Rescue Coordination Centre. Jaishankar reached Sri Lanka in the morning and met the President. Jaishankar said he conveyed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s warm greetings to the President and discussed ways to take forward bilateral cooperation in power, energy, connectivity, port infrastructure, aviation, digital, health, food security, education and tourism sectors. .
“I am honored to meet Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe,” the External Affairs Minister said in a post on social media platform ‘X’. He was given hearty greetings from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “Under the guidance of President Ranil Wickremesinghe, ways to enhance cooperation between India and Sri Lanka were discussed, especially in power, energy, connectivity,” Jaishankar said in the post. , port infrastructure, aviation, digital, health, food security, education and tourism sectors. Committed to working for the continued development of our traditionally close and friendly relations.” The President’s Media Department (PMD) said the two leaders met at Sri Lanka’s Rashtrapati Bhavan.
PM Modi will also go to Sri Lanka
President Wickremesinghe and Jaishankar digitally unveiled the plaque of the Maritime Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC) in Sri Lanka and formally launched the Centre. It consists of a center at Naval Headquarters in Colombo, a sub-centre at Hambantota and unmanned establishments at Galle, Arugambe, Batticaloa, Trincomalee, Kallarawa, Point Pedro and Mollikulam. After unveiling the plaque, Jaishankar said in a post on The President’s media department also gave information about the entire program on the post. Officials said Jaishankar will also discuss the progress of all ongoing Indian projects in Sri Lanka. They are also expected to discuss preliminary preparations for Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Sri Lanka.
India’s policy of neighbor first
The Foreign Minister can also meet Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardene. Jaishankar was welcomed by Minister of State for External Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya and Eastern Province Governor Senthil Thondaman on his arrival in Colombo in the morning. Jaishankar said in a post on social media platform ‘X’, “Reached Colombo on the first visit of the new term. Gratitude to Minister of State for External Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya and Governor of Eastern Province Senthil Thondaman for the warm welcome.” He wrote that Sri Lanka is at the center of India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ and ‘SAGAR’ policies. Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe was among the seven top leaders from India’s neighborhood and the Indian Ocean region who attended the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union Council of Ministers at Rashtrapati Bhavan on June 9. (Language)