Prez holds talks with Indian External Affairs and Finance Ministers

India, Dec 16 (Daily Mirror) - President Anura Kumara Dissanayake who arrived in India yesterday held talks with Indian External Affairs Minister Dr.S. Jaishankar and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharama New Delhi.

He was welcomed by India's Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Dr. S. Murugan, Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Santosh Jha, Additional Secretary of the Indian Ocean Region Puneet Agrawal, Chief of Protocol Anshuman Gaur, and other diplomatic officials.

The Indian media provided significant coverage of the President's arrival. Around major roundabouts in New Delhi, billboards featuring the images of both President Dissanayake and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were prominently displayed.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is scheduled to hold discussions with India's Minister of External Affairs, Dr. S. Jaishankar, and National Security Advisor, Shri Ajit Doval.

The President's accompanists on this visit are Vijitha Herath, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and Tourism, and Prof. Anil Jayantha Fernando, the minister of labour and deputy minister of economic development.