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India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on an unannounced visit on Tuesday evening reached Colombo, Sri Lanka Gazette newspaper reported. The surprise visit comes soon after the island nation elected a new President in the Presidential elections held on November 16 .
He later on called on newly elected Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and tweeted a picture of his meeting with him.
“A warm meeting with Sri Lanka President @GotabayaR. Conveyed PM @narendramodis message of a partnership for shared peace, progress, prosperity & security. Confident that under his leadership, #IndiaSriLanka relations would reach greater heights,” Jaishankar tweeted with picture of him meeting with Rajapaksa.
A warm meeting with Sri Lanka President @GotabayaR. Conveyed PM @narendramodi’s message of a partnership for shared peace, progress, prosperity & security. Confident that under his leadership, #IndiaSriLanka relations would reach greater heights. pic.twitter.com/pDxZf0ZM3A
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) November 19, 2019
The EAM also said that Rajapaksa has accepted PM Modi’s invitation to visit India on November 29.
