Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to India, Milinda Moragoda met the Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy of India Shri Raj Kumar Singh in New Delhi on 18 May to discuss ways and means of further enhancing cooperation with India in the power and renewable energy sector.
The Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy of India and the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka discussed a range of issues pertaining to bilateral cooperation in the power and renewable energy sector, including the grid connectivity between Sri Lanka and India. The discussion particularly focused on the ways and means to deepen and broaden the long-term strategic cooperation in the sector.
High Commissioner Moragoda also presented to the Minister a stone obtained from the stream flowing besides the Seetha Amman Temple in Seetha Eliya (Ashoka Vatika) in Sri Lanka, which is believed to be the site where Seetha was held captive according to the Ramayana.
Minister Raj Kumar Singh was a senior officer of the Indian Administrative Service before joining politics, and served as the Home Secretary of India from 2011 to 2013. He has served as a Member of Parliament since 2014.
High Commission of Sri Lanka
New Delhi
19 May 2023
