High Commission of Sri Lanka in India

Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister of India Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman assured the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India, Milinda Moragoda of her fullest support and cooperation to the process of economic recovery in Sri Lanka.

The Finance Minister of India gave this assurance when High Commissioner Moragoda called on her yesterday (20) evening at the Ministry of Finance in New Delhi.

This was the latest of a series of meetings High Commissioner Moragoda has had with Minister Sitharaman on Indian economic cooperation and assistance to Sri Lanka in the context of the present crisis. He had last met her on 27 May.

Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to India, Milinda Moragoda met with the External Affairs Minister of India Dr. S. Jaishankar today (20) to discuss the way forward with regard to the Indian assistance in stabilizing and recovering the ailing Sri Lankan economy. 

At the outset, High Commissioner Moragoda briefed Minister Jaishankar on the present developments in Sri Lanka and thanked him for his personal involvement in continuing the assistance that India has extended to Sri Lanka in the form of credits for essential commodities and fuel, as well as balance of payment support, as bridging finance until an IMF programme would be in place.

Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda, paid a courtesy call on the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Thiru M.K. Stalin on Saturday (04) morning at the Chief Minister's office in Chennai. The Chief Secretary of the Tamil Nadu Government Thiru Irai Anbu and several other key State officials were present at the meeting.

This was the first time that a Sri Lankan High Commissioner in New Delhi met with the Chief Minister of the State of Tamil Nadu after 2011.  

The courtesy call on the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu by the High Commissioner came as part of the latter's plan to expand Sri Lanka's footprint at state level to promote greater interactions between Sri Lanka and the states of the Indian Union as stipulated in his policy road map the "Integrated Country Strategy for Sri Lanka Diplomatic Missions in India". 

At the outset, the Chief Minister extended a warm welcome to the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka. During the very cordial discussion that followed, the High Commissioner thanked the Chief Minister and the people of Tamil Nadu for the humanitarian assistance worth of LKR two billion that they recently extended to Sri Lanka to help it manage the current economic situation.  

Following his meeting in mid-April, Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to India, Milinda Moragoda again met with the Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister of India Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman today (27) to evaluate the status of ongoing economic cooperation and to discuss the way forward. 

High Commissioner Moragoda thanked Minister Sitharaman for the continuation of assistance that India is extending to Sri Lanka in the form of credits for essential commodities and fuel, and also for balance of payment support extended.