SME Times News Bureau | 24 Nov, 2017
India and Sri Lanka
discussed the entire gamut of their bilateral relationship during a luncheon
meeting hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted for his visiting Sri
Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe here on Thursday.
"During the luncheon meeting with the Prime Minister, the two sides
discussed the entire gamut of bilateral relations and ways to further deepen
the historically close and friendly relations between the two countries,"
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in his weekly media
briefing here.
On his part, Wickremesinghe tweeted: "A strong economy in Sri Lanka starts
with strong relationships with our friends around the world. In New Delhi with
@NarendraModi to boost our partnership for our people."
Earlier, the visiting dignitary attended the Fifth Global Conference on Cyber
Space here which was addressed by Modi.
Sri Lanka is one of the major recipients of development credit given by India,
with total commitment of around $2.63 billion, including $458 million as
grants.
Indian aid includes development projects in areas like education, health,
transport connectivity, small and medium enterprise development and training in
many parts of the country through grant funding.