Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar called on SriLankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in New Delhi this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both delegations discussed the status of ongoing projects in Sri Lanka that are being implemented with Indian assistance. The two sides agreed to expedite a number of projects that have not seen much progress in the past few years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is a lot of interest in Sri Lanka in areas like tourism, the Minister said. He suggested that a team soon be sent to India to \u201cmarket Sri Lanka\u201d as a tourist destination. Typically, Sri Lanka receives the largest number of tourists from India. In 2018, tourist arrivals from India amounted to 424,887. This reduced in 2019 as a result of the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minister Jaishankar said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s visit to Sri Lanka shortly after the Easter attacks in 2019 was very intentionally to send a message to India and the world that Sri Lanka is safe. Prime Minister Modi was the first world leader to visit Sri Lanka after the Easter attacks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prime Minister Rajapaksa briefed the Minister on the new islandwide housing project that was initiated recently and invited India to consider providing assistance similar to the previous housing projects they have helped fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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