Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi held talks with his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa on 8 January during his state visit to India. The leaders discussed covering a range of key bilateral issues, including trade, defence and security, and the island nation’s Tamil population. India-Sri Lanka ties: The two countries agree to deepen cooperation to combat terrorism. They discussed the joint projects in Sri Lanka apart from deepening trade, investment, and people-to-people ties. PM Modi reaffirmed that the new lines of credit (LoC) announced in 2019 will strengthen development cooperation between the two countries.
India, Sri Lanka to strengthen cooperation to combat terrorism
