High Commission of Sri Lanka in India

The Eighth meeting of the India-Sri Lanka Joint Commission was held on 22 January 2013 in New Delhi. It was co-chaired by Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of External Affairs of India and Prof. G.L. Peiris, Minister of External Affairs of Sri Lanka. The Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) was preceded by the Senior Officials Meeting at the level of the Foreign Secretaries of the two countries on 21 January 2013.

Deputy Minister of External Affairs, Neomal Perera, met the envoys of 79 countries accredited to Sri Lanka from New Delhi this week and briefed them about the Commonwealth Business Forum (CBF) that will be held in Colombo from 12-14 November 2013 preceding the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). He explained to the envoys that CHOGM is being held in Asia which is now a region of high growth and opportunity, after a lapse of 25 years, and that the Commonwealth Business Forum 2013 would be a useful platform for all countries to forge flourishing economic links and for business persons to interact with Heads of Government and senior officials as well. Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Nivard Cabraal and High Commissioner Prasad Kariyawasam joined the Deputy Minister at the briefings.  

During an official visit to the state of Chhattisgarh, High Commissioner Prasad Kariyawasam called on the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Dr Raman Singh, at Mahanandi Bhawan, the new  Secretariat building of the new capital, Naya Raipur, on 4th January 2013. The High Commissioner met the Minister of Tourism & Culture Brij Mohan Agrawal  and other senior officials as well. 

Secretary to the Ministry of Finance and Planning and Ministry of Economic Development, Dr. P. B. Jayasundera, visited India from 12 – 15 December and held wide-ranging consultations with Indian officials. 

Dr Jayasundera met the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Pulok Chatterji, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai, Finance Secretary of the Department of Expenditure R.S. Gujral, Commerce Secretary S.R. Rao, Secretary Textiles Kiran Dhingra, Chairman and Managing Director of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Rahul Khullar, and Chairman and Managing Director of EXIM Bank of India T.C. Ranganathan,