Transcript of Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Indian PM Narendra Modi hold news conference

Thank you, Excellencies. Ladies and gentlemen, this concludes the exchange ceremony. I now request the spokesperson of the Ministry external affairs to conduct the remainder of the proceedings. Namaskar and good afternoon, your excellency, mister Anurag Kumar Dissanayake, president of the democratic socialist republic of Sri Lanka, honorable prime minister of India Sri Narendra Modi, honorable ministers and members of board delegations, distinguished guests and friends from media. We will now have the press statements.

May I request honorable prime minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, to give his remarks to the media?

Your excellency

Your excellency

Disam IAG.

President. Delegates of both countries.

Media case of this

Members of the media.

I

warmly welcome president to India. I'm

a cushy here.

We are pleased. That as president. You have chosen India for your first foreign visit. Your visit today is creating a new energy momentum in our relations.

Partners

We have adopted futuristic vision for our partnership. Have a focused

Investment led

growth investment led growth

or connectivity for connectivity

for our economic partnership. And we have decided that digital physical

or energy connectivity and energy will be

some pillars of our partnership.

Don't know they shock a beach. Electricity, grid, connectivity done on multi product petroleum pipeline.

Grid connectivity. Stop with. A multi product petroleum pipeline between both countries.

Solar power project

solar power project is being accelerated. And

Sri Lanka power plants. LNG. LNG supply

be supplied for

power plants.

In order to Don't know. Bilateral

trade. Will

make efforts to conclude the. Friends.

Sri Lanka, $5,000,000,000 so far. Giving lines of credit.

Grants of $5,000,000,000 and grant assistance.

Sri Lanka. We have But she's. Cooperatives.

With Sri Lanka in all its 25 projects. Part

of this will be the task.

The development priorities

of taking our development forward we have forward We have railway section 8.

Assistance

for on the on the rail section

over the next

civil servant

score. 1300 Sri Lanka will be given training in India.

Renewable energy

Along with housing

or infrastructure energy and infrastructure.

Will also in the development dairy and fish Sri Lanka.

Unique digital Indian

identity. Also It's

project

participate. Unique digital identity project.

Friends. Both totally agree. That

our security interests are linked. We have decided to our defense cooperation

hydro We

have agreed on cooperation in the area of hydrographic.

Colombo security

enclave. That the Colombo

security conclave Suraksha. Is

an important

platform A hemp platform. A hemp platform.

Regional peace security Is the end of the

development. Maritime security.

We will increase cooperation in areas Cyber security. Maritime security. Puskari. Counter terrorism.

Organized crime catastrophe. The fight

against smuggling Humanitarian assistance. And and subjects such as

Disaster relief.

Assistance and disaster.

But higher. Friend Friends. Or Sri Lanka people people People

people ties between India Sri Lanka are based on our The Bharat traditional ties.

Or

branch of the service between Rameshwaram? And Kalam now. We have decided to Very

We agree.

Must move forward.

On this matter, adopting the constitution

or reconciliation for me back.

Discussed reconstruction

this annihilation.

In Sri Lanka.

Miss Samabishi, the

Friends, I have a question. That

Arab the development

of Rosie

or

peaceful partner.

To be a trusted and credible partner. Once again. Welcome and his delegation to My

to him for his to both May it for

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, to give his remarks to the media.

Sorry. After becoming president

of Sri Lanka,

After becoming the president

of Sri Lanka,

this is my first And I'm so happy

that I was able to come to tell him on my first state visit.

I would thank India for the invitation. I sent it to me.

And it has also helped us immensely after that

India with

debt restructuring process. Sri Lanka secured Sri

Lanka secured

We also discussed about the trade types of the countries. The the the energy. Capacity.

And we requested the honorable

prime minister. To the

industry and the people.

Some,