New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi hold talk with President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena over civil nuclear cooperation among other key strategic issues on Monday.
Notify that Lankan President Sirisena on four day trip to India and reach India on Sunday. He will also held comprehensive discussions with the Prime Minister on ways to enhance economic ties.
External Affair Ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin after the meeting of PM Modi with President Sirisena in Hyderabad House said, “India and Sri Lanka leaders discussed measures to enhance economic ties. The leaders discussed four agreements.”
The four pacts which were discussed include those on civil nuclear cooperation, culture and agriculture. The issue of peace and reconciliation process in the island nation was discussed during the meeting spread over a working lunch, hosted by Modi.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had earlier called on the visiting dignitary.
According to presidential advisors in Colombo, 63-year -old Sirisena, who had dethroned Mahinda Rajapaksa from his 10-year rule after a bitter Presidential poll on January 9, was desirous of making a new beginning in the Indo-Lanka relations.
Bureau Report
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