Modi 3.0 Government / After the formation of Modi government, S Jaishankar is going to Sri Lanka on his first foreign trip, know the details

Modi 3.0 Government: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is going to visit Sri Lanka on his first foreign visit after the formation of the Modi government for the third time. It is being told that Jaishankar will visit Sri Lanka on June 20. Sources in the Ministry of External Affairs gave this information on Saturday. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry told reporters on Friday that Sri Lanka is looking forward to Jaishankar's visit and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also expected to visit the island nation in the coming days.

Sabry said that these visits are the result of President Ranil Wickremesinghe's visit to New Delhi last week, where he went to attend Modi's swearing-in ceremony. However, no official announcement has been made by the Ministry of External Affairs of India about Jaishankar's visit. If confirmed, this could be Jaishankar's first official foreign visit after being appointed as the Foreign Minister in the new government.

Has also visited Sri Lanka a year ago

Jaishankar last visited Colombo in October 2023, when he attended the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) meeting. According to LK, during a recent meeting with President Wickremesinghe in India, Jaishankar talked about the early resumption of development projects in Sri Lanka with Indian investment, which were stopped midway. Now he is going to Colombo again with the aim of renewing and strengthening the bilateral relations between India and Sri Lanka.