High Commission of Sri Lanka in India

High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India Milinda Moragoda met with the Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Housing and Urban Affairs of India Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, today (10) at the Ministry of Urban Affairs in New Delhi.  

At the outset, High Commissioner Moragoda thanked Minister Puri for the assistance that India has provided to Sri Lanka as envisaged under the four-pillars of cooperation, agreed during the visit of Sri Lankan Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa to India in December last year, in particular the USD 500 million line of credit to purchase petroleum products. Additional assistance too has been provided by India to enhance Sri Lanka's petroleum stocks. 

Continuing its efforts to enhance dialogue with all major religions in India, the High Commission of Sri Lanka in New Delhi today (28) presented a Sinhala translation of the Holy Quran to the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (Council of Muslim Theologians of India).

The Sinhala translation of the Holy Quran, published by the All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU) of Sri Lanka, was presented to the Secretary General of the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, Advocate Niaz Ahmed Farooqui this afternoon by Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda. 

“Inbound travelers to Sri Lanka who have obtained recommended doses of the COVID-19 vaccination and depart from abroad two weeks after completion of vaccination (Fully Vaccinated Travelers) are exempted from pre-departure COVID-19 testing. (PCR/Rapid Antigen Test)”

More details are available at the website of the Ministry of Health of Sri Lanka: http://www.health.gov.lk/moh_final/english/

This guideline is effective for the travelers arriving in Sri Lanka via airports or seaports from 00:00 on 01st of March 2022. 

On-Arrival ETA at the port of entry to Sri Lanka will be facilitated for the tourists who are unable to obtain ETA by online mode due to time constraints.

As per the health guidelines issued on 27th January 2022 by the Director General of Health Services, Ministry of Health of  Sri Lanka, all arriving passengers to Sri Lanka must perform a COVID-19 PCR Test within 72 hours prior to departure or Rapid Antigen Test obtained within 48 hours prior to departure.