Moragoda meets Governor and Chief Minister of Gujarat

Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India, Milinda Moragoda, who made a three-day official visit to Gujarat last week had meetings with the State Governor and the Chief Minister, a news release from his office said.

Meeting Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Wednesday at the Chief Minister’s office in Gandhinagar, the high commissioner congratulated the chief minister on his resounding victory at the recently concluded assembly elections. The discussion focused on the interactions between the State of Gujarat and Sri Lanka in multiple spheres and particularly in tourism sector, the release said.

“The importance of promoting the Ramayana trail in Sri Lanka among Gujarati tourists and the Gujarat Buddhist Trail among Sri Lankan pilgrims was also discussed,” it added.

Recalling how Sri Lanka and Gujarat signed an MoU on tourism cooperation in 2009 when he was the Minister of Tourism and Prime Minister Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat,ways and means to further enhancing economic activities and people to people contacts between Sri Lanka and Gujaratwas discussed.

Moragoda invited Chief Minister Patel to undertake a visit to Sri Lanka at a mutual convenient time.At his meeting with the Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat on Thursday (12) at the Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar a warm welcome to the visitor and a cordial discussion ensued. It focused on relations between Sri Lanka and Gujarat.

Governor Devvrat is a practitioner of natural farming, Moragoda sought his cooperation in imparting technical know-how to Sri Lanka on this method of farming. The Governor who agreed invited Moragoda to visit his 200-acre natural farm in Kurukshetra, Haryana.

Moragoda briefed the Governor about Sri Lanka’s decision to appoint an Honorary Consul in Ahmedabad to cover Gujarat and invited Governor Devvrat to visit Sri Lanka, the release said.Moragoda was accompanied to these meetings by Deputy High Commissioner Niluka Kadurugamuwa and Minister Counsellor of the High Commission of Sri Lanka in New Delhi Gamini Sarath Godakanda.the Governor of the the State of Gujarat Shri Acharya Devvrat at the Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar.