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Wimal slams Prez, warns of dire consequences
INR as currency for trade settlements:
National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa has accused President Ranil Wickremesinghe of trying to make Sri Lanka an Indian state ‘economically’ by allowing the Indian rupee (INR) to be used as a currency for trade settlements between the two countries. If Indian and Sri Lankan Customs sign an agreement in this regard, Sri Lanka will become an Indian state, Weerawansa has warned.
Following Wickremesinghe’s visit to New Delhi, the two countries declared the move had forged stronger and mutually-beneficial commercial linkages, and agreed to operationalise India’s Unified Payment Interface or UPI based digital payments for further enhancing trade and transactions between businesses and common people.
Addressing a public rally at Bokundara, Piliyandala on Sunday (30), MP Weerawansa pointed out that President
Wickremesinghe had finalised four agreements including the one on INR ascurrency for trade settlements between the two countries without at least discussing them in Parliament.
The former Minister asked what is the purpose of having sectoral oversight committees when such far reaching decisions were taken without proper consultations.
MP Weerawansa alleged that the UNP leader was exploiting the current economic-political-social crisis to advance his personal agenda. (SF)
Following the conclusion of bilateral discussions between President Anura Kumara Disanayake and Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, official-level talks between the delegations of Sri Lanka and India commenced this morning (05) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo.
Representing the Government of Sri Lanka were Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism, Vijitha Herath; Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Anil Jayantha; Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake; Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Dr. P. Nandalal Weerasinghe, along with other senior officials.
The Indian delegation included Minister of External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and His Excellency Santosh Jha, High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka, along with several other senior officials of the Government of India.
Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, who arrived in Sri Lanka on the invitation of President Anura Kumara Disanayake on Friday [04] night, visited the Presidential Secretariat this morning (05).
The Indian Prime Minister was warmly welcomed by President Anura Kumara Disanayake upon his arrival at the Presidential Secretariat.
Prime Minister Modi is currently on a state visit to Sri Lanka, reaffirming the theme “Friendship of Centuries — Commitment to a Prosperous Future” which symbolises the longstanding ties between Sri Lanka and India. The Indian Premier is scheduled to remain in the country until tomorrow (06).
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The official welcoming ceremony for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was held this morning (05) at the Independence Square in Colombo.
On arrival at the Independence Square the Indian Prime Minister was warmly welcomed by President Anura Kumara Disanayake.
Discussions between Sri Lankan and Indian delegations at the presidential secretariat
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