High Commission of Sri Lanka in India

Continuing his dialogue with Heads of Mission of Islamic countries in New Delhi who are concurrently accredited to Sri Lanka, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India Milinda Moragoda presented a copy of the Sinhala translation of the Holy Quran to the Ambassador of Tunisia to India Hayet Talbi Bilel today (23).

Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to India, Milinda Moragoda recently met with the former Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India and the Chairman of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust Shri Nripendra Misra.

Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra is a Trust set up by the Government of India in February 2020 for the construction and management of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, which is believed to be the birthplace of Lord Rama. The Trust is composed of 15 trustees.

Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to India, Milinda Moragoda met the Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy of India Shri Raj Kumar Singh in New Delhi, today (18), to discuss ways and means of further enhancing cooperation with India in the power and renewable energy sector.

The Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy of India and the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka discussed a range of issues pertaining to bilateral cooperation in the power and renewable energy sector, including the grid connectivity between Sri Lanka and India. The discussion particularly focused on the ways and means to deepen and broaden the long-term strategic cooperation in the sector. 

Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda met with the newly appointed US Ambassador to India Eric M. Garcetti at the US Embassy in New Delhi today (18). 

High Commissioner Moragoda congratulated Ambassador Garcetti on his recent appointment as the Ambassador of the United States to India, and they had a productive exchange of views on a range of matters pertaining to Sri Lanka- US relations, including possible trilateral economic cooperation with the involvement of India.

Prior to his appointment as the envoy to India on 11 May 2023, Ambassador Garcetti had served as the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles from 2013 until 2022.  A member of the Democratic Party, he was the youngest Los Angeles mayor to be elected in over 100 years.