India Foundation hosted a reception in honour of H.E. Vijitha Herath, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism of Sri Lanka on December 17, 2024 (Tuesday) in New Delhi. The session was Chaired by Dr. Ram Madhav, President, India Foundation and special remarks were delivered by Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan, Former Minister of State, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. In his remarks, H.E. Vijitha Herath said that India and Sri Lanka share cordial relations and excellent diplomatic ties, interaction between the leaders of the two countries has always been warm. The current visit of the President Anura Kumara Disanayaka of Sri Lanka, to India is to reinforce our age old relationship for the betterment of people on both sides and it symbolizes the closely knit bilateral ties between both the nations. His excellency thanked India for its unprecedented support during the economic crisis and to the subsequent debt restructuring programme and hoped for the continued support from India in the economic recovery of Sri Lanka. He stated that Sri Lanka will not allow its territory to be used against India’s interests and also highlighted the need to strengthen the strategic and security partnership between the countries.
