Indian Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, will undertake an official state visit to Sri Lanka from 04 to 06 April 2025, Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry announced.
Accordingly, during this visit, Prime Minister Modi is expected to hold bilateral talks with President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka and Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya.
While in Sri Lanka, the Indian Prime Minister is scheduled to visit Anuradhapura to pay homage to the sacred Sri Maha Bodhi and will inaugurate several projects implemented in Sri Lanka with the assistance of the Government of India.
Several Memoranda of Understanding inked between the two countries are also expected to be exchanged during this visit.
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will be accompanied by the Minister of External Affairs, the National Security Advisor, the Foreign Secretary and other senior officials of the Government of India.
Providing details on the visit, India’s External Affairs Ministry said that PM Shri Narendra Modi is travelling to Sri Lanka at the invitation of the Sri Lankan President, Anura Kumara Dissanayaka.
The ministry further said that, during the visit, PM Modi will hold discussions with the President of Sri Lanka to review progress made on the areas of cooperation agreed upon in the Joint Vision for “Fostering Partnerships for a Shared Future” adopted during the Sri Lankan President’s State Visit to India.
The Indian Prime Minister last visited Sri Lanka in 2019. Earlier, the President of Sri Lanka paid a state visit to India as his first visit abroad after assuming office.
“India and Sri Lanka share civilizational bonds with strong cultural and historic links. This visit is part of regular high-level engagements between the countries and will lend further momentum in deepening the multi-faceted partnership between India and Sri Lanka,” India’s External Affairs Ministry said. (Newswire)