This is the first official visit by Minister Gunawardena, also a former journalist, after he assumed office in November 2019 following the presidential election.
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa (L) speaks with former prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (R) as Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena looks on after Sri Lanka's new President Gotabaya Rajapaksa made his first policy address at the national parliament after his landslide electoral victory in November (Photo: AFP)
Dinesh Gunawardena, Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Relations, Skills Development, Employment and Labour Relations, is all set to pay his visit to India on January 9 and 10.
This is the first official visit by Minister Gunawardena, also a former journalist, after he assumed office in November 2019 following the presidential election, the Colombo Page newspaper reported.
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In November, after winning the election, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is on a three-day visit to India and in his first foreign visit after taking reins of power in the island nation.
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As Rajpaksas come to power winning the votes of the majority group in the country, Delhi would assess Gotabaya’s stance on Tamil minority group in Sri Lanka. Having a history of accusations of human rights violation against the Tamil minority group in the island nation India has expressed its concern on multiple occasions.
Given the Rajpaksas pro-Chinese policies, it would be interesting how India deals with Sri Lanka’s foreign policies under Gotabaya.
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