Overview

• Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba hosted President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Tokyo for talks, a document signing and a joint press briefing.
• The agreement applies Japan’s Government Security Capacity Strengthening Support to Sri Lanka for the first time, making it the program’s ninth recipient.
• Media reports say the Sri Lanka Navy will receive about 10 unmanned aerial vehicles valued around ¥500 million for surveillance and disaster response.
• Separate grant assistance reported at roughly ¥463 million will support small dairy farmers in Sri Lanka’s north and east.
• Japan said the cooperation aims to strengthen ties and help safeguard critical sea lanes, and both leaders voiced support for a free and stable Indo‑Pacific.