Sri Lankan President Dissanayake arrives in Beijing on four-day visit to China
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Sri Lankan President Dissanayake arrives in Beijing on four-day visit to China

New Indian Express  

BEIJING/COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake arrived here on Tuesday on a four-day visit during which he is scheduled to hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders on deepening bilateral ties. Upon his arrival, the President was accorded a ceremonial welcome by the Chinese military, and he was formally received by China's Deputy Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong, according to a press release issued by Dissanayake's office in Colombo. During his China visit, Dissanayake will hold bilateral talks with President Xi on areas of mutual interest and will also meet Chinese Premier Li Qiang, and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China Zhao Leji. Several Memorandum of Understandings aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation between Sri Lanka and China are expected to be signed during the visit, the Presidential office press release said on Tuesday.

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Ajit Doval, Wang Yi discuss measures for peace at LAC, amicable India-China ties
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Ajit Doval, Wang Yi discuss measures for peace at LAC, amicable India-China ties

Hindustan Times  

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Wednesday met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi at the 23rd meeting of the Special Representatives of India and China in Beijing. NSA Ajit Doval and Wang Yi at the 23rd meeting of the Special Representatives of India and China in Beijing Both the leaders met on the lines of the decision taken during the …

When Colombo comes calling
4 weeks ago

When Colombo comes calling

Hindustan Times  

It is significant that Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake used his first meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to convey an assurance that his government will not allow Sri Lankan soil to be used against Indian interests. Dissanayake also conveyed Sri Lanka’s appreciation for the economic aid worth nearly $4 billion that was provided by India during the unprecedented …

Sri Lanka’s new president reassures Modi over Chinese ships
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Sri Lanka’s new president reassures Modi over Chinese ships

The Independent  

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Sri Lankan President Dissanayake visits Mahabodhi temple in Gaya | WATCH
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Sri Lankan President Dissanayake visits Mahabodhi temple in Gaya | WATCH

India TV News  

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake paid a visit to the Mahabodhi Temple in Bihar's Bodhgaya. Sri Lankan President Dissanayake India visit It is worth mentioning Sri Lankan President Dissanayake is on a state visit to India from December 15 to 17. As per the information shared by Randhir Jaiswal, spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs, President Dissanayake met …

‘Sri Lanka’s Territory Wouldn’t Be Used Against India’s Security Interests’: President Dissanayake After Meeting PM Modi
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‘Sri Lanka’s Territory Wouldn’t Be Used Against India’s Security Interests’: President Dissanayake After Meeting PM Modi

ABP News  

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, during his maiden overseas visit to India, assured New Delhi that Sri Lanka's territory would not be used against India’s security interests. “It is a privilege to visit India on my first overseas trip as President and I am grateful to PM @narendramodi for supporting Sri Lanka during the economic crisis and for aiding …

Sri Lanka’s Dissanayake meets Modi: ‘Won’t allow our land to be used against India’s interests’
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Sri Lanka’s Dissanayake meets Modi: ‘Won’t allow our land to be used against India’s interests’

Firstpost  

After holding a bilateral meeting with PM Modi in New Delhi, Sri Lankan President Dissanayake said: ‘I have given an assurance to the Prime Minister of India that we will not allow our land to be used in any way in a manner that is detrimental to the interest of India’ Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, on Monday, assured …

Sri Lanka president visits India in first overseas trip, to meet PM Modi later today
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Sri Lanka president visits India in first overseas trip, to meet PM Modi later today

Hindustan Times  

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake was in India Monday for his first overseas visit as head of state, vowing to bolster ties between the neighbours. Leftist Anura Kumara Dissanayake came to power in Sri Lanka in September 2024. Leftist Dissanayake, who came to power in September on a pledge to fight corruption, is expected to meet Indian Prime Minister …

Sri Lanka President Dissanayake in India on his first foreign trip, to meet Modi today
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4 weeks, 2 days ago

Sri Lanka President Dissanayake in India on his first foreign trip, to meet Modi today

Firstpost  

Sri Lanka President Dissanayake visits India to meet PM Modi, Jaishankar, and NSA Ajit Doval. The talks between PM Modi and Dissanayake will lead to a greater cooperation between New Delhi and Colombo, said External Affairs Minister Jaishankar, who met the Sri Lankan President on Sunday. Our conversations focused on strengthening Indo-Sri Lanka… pic.twitter.com/A5mkZ4TS1D — Anura Kumara Dissanayake December 15, …

Sri Lankan President meets PM Modi during 1st India visit, vows to boost ties
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Sri Lankan President meets PM Modi during 1st India visit, vows to boost ties

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held bilateral talks with Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at Hyderabad House in New Delhi and discussed a range of issues of mutual interest, including cooperation in defence, trade and investment, among others. #WATCH | India and Sri Lanka exchange MoUs in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President …

Sri Lankan President Dissanayake meets PM Modi on his first foreign visit, thanks India for financial aid
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Sri Lankan President Dissanayake meets PM Modi on his first foreign visit, thanks India for financial aid

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday in his first foreign visit after assuming office, ahead of going to China next month. In his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Dissanayake thanked India for the $4 billion financial assistance and also acknowledged India’s support in Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring. President Dissanayake thanked …

PM Modi, Sri Lankan President Dissanayake hold delegation-level talks, discuss trade and security | WATCH
4 weeks, 2 days ago

PM Modi, Sri Lankan President Dissanayake hold delegation-level talks, discuss trade and security | WATCH

India TV News  

New Delhi: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who is on his first international visit after assuming the office in September this year, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House in Delhi on Monday. President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Sri Lankan President Dissanayake at Rashtrapati Bhavan. On his first state visit to India from December …

Held fruitful discussions, says Sri Lankan President Dissanayake after meeting Jaishankar, NSA Doval
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4 weeks, 2 days ago

Held fruitful discussions, says Sri Lankan President Dissanayake after meeting Jaishankar, NSA Doval

The Hindu  

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday held "fruitful" discussions with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, shortly after kick-starting a three-day visit to India. "Held fruitful discussions tonight with @DrSJaishankar and Shri Ajit Doval on matters of mutual interest," Mr. Dissanayake said in a post on X. Held fruitful discussions tonight with @DrSJaishankar …

How history has come full circle with Sri Lankan President Dissanayake's visit to India
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1 month ago

How history has come full circle with Sri Lankan President Dissanayake's visit to India

New Indian Express  

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka's newly elected president, is visiting New Delhi for the second time in just 10 months. But Delhi was keenly aware of Sri Lanka's changing political landscape and the possibility of Dissanayake becoming the island's next president, whenever an election was called. In recent years, India has made significant investments in Sri Lanka's infrastructure and will …

New Sri Lankan President Anura Dissanayake to visit India from Dec 15: Here's what's on agenda
1 month ago

New Sri Lankan President Anura Dissanayake to visit India from Dec 15: Here's what's on agenda

India TV News  

Sri Lanka on Tuesday announced that President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will be undertaking a two-day visit to India from December 15. During his visit, the Sri Lankan President will meet President Droupadi Murmu and PM Narendra Modi, Cabinet spokesman Nalinda Jayathissa said in Colombo. Earlier, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who made his visit to Sri Lanka in less than …

Sri Lankan President Anura Dissanayake to visit India in first overseas trip from Dec 15-17
1 month ago

Sri Lankan President Anura Dissanayake to visit India in first overseas trip from Dec 15-17

New Indian Express  

Sri Lankan President, Anura Dissanayake, will be making his first international visit since he came to power to India next week. During his visit, President Dissanayake will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Droupadi Murmu, Cabinet spokesperson Nalinda Jayatissa said on Tuesday. The December 15-17 visit is Dissanayake's first overseas visit since being elected the island nation's President in …

Sri Lanka's President plans to visit China after his first overseas trip to India: Official
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Sri Lanka's President plans to visit China after his first overseas trip to India: Official

India TV News  

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake plans to visit China following his proposed official trip to India, Cabinet spokesman Nalinda Jayathissa said on Tuesday. On behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Minister Jaishankar had extended an invitation to President Dissanayake to undertake a visit to India at a mutually convenient date, according to a local media report. The Chinese …

‘Don’t want to be sandwiched, especially between China and India’: Sri Lankan new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake
3 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Don’t want to be sandwiched, especially between China and India’: Sri Lankan new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake

Hindustan Times  

Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said the country doesn't want to be sandwiched, especially between China and India, signaling a bold stance on his foreign policy. Sri Lankan new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake waves to supporters during a public rally in Dehiowita. As Sri Lanka navigates its place in an increasingly multipolar world, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, in his …

The Left turn in Sri Lanka
3 months, 3 weeks ago

The Left turn in Sri Lanka

Hindustan Times  

The election of Anura Kumar Dissanayake, the leader of Janata Vimukti Perumuna, an outfit with Marxist leanings, as the ninth President of Sri Lanka, marks a new chapter in the island nation’s politics. In a way, the ascent of the JVP, which led two violent insurrections in 1971 and during 1987-89, and its eclipsing of the three mainstream parties that …

Sri Lanka Elections 2024: Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulates Sri Lanka’s new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Sri Lanka Elections 2024: Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulates Sri Lanka’s new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake

Live Mint  

Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated new Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, soon after he was sworn into office on Monday, September 23. Anura Dissanayake defeated his closest rival, Sajith Premadasa of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya, in Sri Lanka Elections 2024. Anura Kumara Dissanayake did not support the implementation of the 13th amendment of the Sri Lankan Constitution, which devolves …

Focus on joint projects during Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s India visit
1 year, 5 months ago

Focus on joint projects during Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s India visit

The Hindu  

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on July 20 arrived in India for an official visit, a year after he became President of the Island nation that witnessed its worst economic crisis last year. During Sri Lanka’s dramatic economic crash last year, India extended emergency financial support of about $4 billion, providing relief at a time when citizens struggled amid critical …

Sri Lanka relents, asks China to defer ship visit
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka relents, asks China to defer ship visit

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka has asked China to indefinitely delay a visit by a ship, following objections from India, official sources said on Friday. The Yuan Wang 5 is en route from the Chinese port of Jiangyin and due in the Chinese-run Sri Lankan port of Hambantota on August 11, according to analytics website MarineTraffic. In a written request, the Sri Lanka …

Sri Lanka firmly committed to ‘One China’ policy, says Ranil
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka firmly committed to ‘One China’ policy, says Ranil

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday affirmed the island nation’s commitment to the ‘One China Policy’ and asked countries to “refrain from provocations”, in a message apparently directed to the United States, days after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s controversial visit to Taiwan. Qi Zhenghong, Ambassador of China, I reiterated Sri Lanka’s firm commitment to the one-China policy, as …

View from India | A Chinese ship comes to Sri Lanka
2 years, 5 months ago

View from India | A Chinese ship comes to Sri Lanka

The Hindu  

Days after denying reports about the arrival of a Chinese research vessel, and following India’s “clear message” about “carefully monitoring” the development, Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence on Saturday confirmed that the vessel had sought clearance to call at the southern Hambantota Port in August. While the Ministry of Defence in Colombo did not explain why it had earlier denied …

Border disengagement key to resolving issues: NSA Ajit Doval to Wang Yi
2 years, 9 months ago

Border disengagement key to resolving issues: NSA Ajit Doval to Wang Yi

Live Mint  

In the first major diplomatic engagement between India and China in nearly two years, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met India's National Security Adviser Ajit Dovalwhich is the highest level meeting since the deadly border clashes between both the countries in 2020 at Galwan valley. Meanwhile, EAM S Jaishankar on meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that the …

Chinese foreign minister lands for tense India tour
2 years, 9 months ago

Chinese foreign minister lands for tense India tour

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi arrived on Thursday evening in New Delhi straight from the Afghan Capital Kabul on a hush-hush visit and is expected to meet external affairs minister S. Jaishankar and national security adviser Ajit Doval on Friday before leaving for the Nepalese Capital Kathmandu, according to reports. The visit could finally set the ball rolling …

India, China in talks over Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit
2 years, 9 months ago

India, China in talks over Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit

The Hindu  

Signalling a possible turnaround in ties, China’s State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi could visit India later this month, the first such visit by a Chinese official since the crisis along the Line of Actual Control sparked by the Chinese military’s transgressions in April 2020. Stand on Ukraine issue Mr. Wang’s visit to India will come at a time …

Xi Jinping make a rare visit to Tibet, first as president
3 years, 5 months ago

Xi Jinping make a rare visit to Tibet, first as president

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. China’s Xinhua News Agency said Xi Jinping sought to …

2 Trips by South Asian Foreign Ministers: Between Home and Abroad
4 years ago

2 Trips by South Asian Foreign Ministers: Between Home and Abroad

The Diplomat  

Two foreign ministers’ trips in South Asia highlight the growing complexities of India’s relationship with its smaller neighbors, as domestic politics in these countries stand to impinge on India’s desire to push back against Chinese influence there. According to a Ministry of External Affairs statement, Jaishankar “will hold discussions with his counterpart and Sri Lanka’s leadership on the entire gamut …

Chinese President Xi Jinping to meet PM Modi in Chennai on Oct 11-12 for second informal summit
5 years, 3 months ago

Chinese President Xi Jinping to meet PM Modi in Chennai on Oct 11-12 for second informal summit

India Today  

Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit India on October 11 for an informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Announcing Xi Jinping's visit, Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong said, "Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit India from October 11th to 12th for the 2nd Informal Summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Chennai. Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit …

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