Jaishankar calls on President

Colombo, June 20 (Daily Mirror)- The visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar called on President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the President's House a short while ago,President's Media Division (PMD) said.

He is currently engaged in a one-on-one meeting with President Wickremesinghe.

President Wickremesinghe and Dr. Jaishankar jointly unveiled the virtual plaque to mark the formal commissioning of the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Sri Lanka under a $6M grant from India. 

This includes a centre at Navy Head Quarters in Colombo, a sub-centre in Hambantota and unmanned installations at Galle, Arugambay, Batticaloa, Trincomalee, Kallarawa, Point Pedro and Mollikulam.