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My visit part of high-level engagement with Colombo: Sushma
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SME Times News Bureau | 07 Mar, 2015
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday said her visit to Sri
Lanka is part of the high-level engagement with the new government of
Sri Lanka and "an opportunity to close the gaps" ahead of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi's visit next week.
In her remarks at a dinner
hosted by her Sri Lankan counterpart Mangala Samaraweera, she said
President Maithripala Sirisena's visit to India in February "was a
successful visit" during which both sides inked four agreements.
"Our
countries signed four agreements and MoUs. Prime Minister Modi
announced a reduction of entry fees for Sri Lankan citizens visiting the
National Museum to pay homage to the Kapilvastu relics.
"He also accepted President Sirisena's invitation to visit Sri Lanka," she said.
Modi is to visit Sri Lanka on March 13 and 14, in the first bilateral visit of an Indian prime minister since 1987.
She
said, "The past year has been remarkable in the history of both our
countries. People in both the countries have voted for change. This has
brought new momentum to the bilateral relationship."
"India and
Sri Lanka are bound by ties of history, geography and culture. Our
partnership must therefore, progress in the spirit of being the closest
of neighbours and friends, whose destinies are intertwined," she said.
She earlier called on President Sirisena after her arrival in Colombo.
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