Overview
- Sri Lanka’s opposition leader met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar during a visit to New Delhi.
- Birla called the discussions warm and productive, highlighting shared democratic values and plans to strengthen parliamentary cooperation.
- Jaishankar posted that India will continue to support Sri Lanka’s progress under the Neighbourhood First policy, with no new agreements announced in these reports.
- Premadasa described India’s role as indispensable to recovery and sought expanded investment, economic cooperation and regulatory collaboration.
- He urged a framework grounded in international law to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, and said India has provided about $4.2 billion in support, a figure cited as his claim.