Moragoda thanks Sitharaman for her personal interest in helping SL

Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India, Milinda Moragoda met with the Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister of India Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi on Friday and thanked her for the personal interest that she has taken in supporting Sri Lanka at a critical time, a news release from the New Delhi high commission said.

He also thanked her for the assistance that India has provided Sri Lanka as envisaged under the four-pillars of cooperation that was agreed during the visit of Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa to India last December.

The news release added that Moragoda had followed-up with Minister Sitharaman the early finalization of the 1 billion USD Line of Credit to purchase essential items, which is part of the four-pillar bilateral economic cooperation concept.

“Progress in this regard was last reviewed at a virtual meeting between Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa and Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on January 18,” the release said.

Other areas covered in the talks were arrangements for the forthcoming visit of Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa to New Delhi.