- Title: Sri Lanka welcomes Indian PM Modi for state visit
- Date: 5th April 2025
- Summary: MANDALAY, MYANMAR (APRIL 5, 2025) (VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS) DUST KICKING UP FROM RUBBLE / DIGGERS PARKED ON TOP OF RUBBLE OF COLLAPSED SKY VILLA BUILDING DIGGER SCRAPPING OUT DEBRIS DIGGERS NEAR COLLAPSED STRUCTURE OF BUILDING CROWD OF WORKERS GATHERING AS DIGGER SCRAPES OUT DEBRIS NEXT TO OTHER DIGGERS PARKED ON RUBBLE VARIOUS OF WATER SPRAYING ONTO RUBBLE AS DIGGER SCR
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- Keywords: Anura Kumara Dissanayake Colombo Honour guard Independence Square Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sri Lanka President State visit
- Location: COLOMBO, SRI LANKA
- City: COLOMBO, SRI LANKA
- Country: Sri Lanka
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001441205042025RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Indian Prime Minister was welcomed by Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake with an honour guard ceremony and 21-gun salute at Colombo’s Independence Square on Saturday (April 5).
Modi, who arrived on Friday (April 4) evening, is the first global leader to be hosted by Dissanayake after he took office in September.
India is looking to strengthen energy and defence ties with Sri Lanka and promote investments during Modi's two-day state visit to the island nation, where New Delhi competes with China for greater influence.
"Prime Minister Modi’s visit aims to strengthen the longstanding ties between Sri Lanka and India," the Sri Lankan president's office said in a statement.
The visit will see pacts signed on key sectors such as energy, digitalisation, security, healthcare, as well as agreements related to India’s debt restructuring assistance for Sri Lanka, it added.
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