High Commission of Sri Lanka in India

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, today (18), 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. 

Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda met with the newly appointed US Ambassador to India Eric M. Garcetti at the US Embassy in New Delhi today (18). 

High Commissioner Moragoda congratulated Ambassador Garcetti on his recent appointment as the Ambassador of the United States to India, and they had a productive exchange of views on a range of matters pertaining to Sri Lanka- US relations, including possible trilateral economic cooperation with the involvement of India.

Prior to his appointment as the envoy to India on 11 May 2023, Ambassador Garcetti had served as the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles from 2013 until 2022.  A member of the Democratic Party, he was the youngest Los Angeles mayor to be elected in over 100 years.

Sri Lanka and Uttar Pradesh of India resolved to further strengthen the cooperation in the fields of tourism, culture, religion and people-to-people contacts when the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda met with the Chief Minister of the State Shri Yogi Adityanath yesterday (17) in Lucknow. 

This was the second meeting that High Commissioner Moragoda had with the Chief Minister of the most populous State in India since the former took office in New Delhi in 2021.

Continuing his efforts to further expand engagement with the concurrently accredited Missions in New Delhi, Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India, Milinda Moragoda had an interactive session with the New Delhi based Trade Commissioners/ Commercial Diplomats concurrently accredited to Sri Lanka today (16) at the High Commission premises.

The interactive session was attended by Trade Commissioners/ Commercial Diplomats from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Chile, Finland, Hungary, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Spain, and Sweden. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss ways to enhance trade and economic relations between Sri Lanka and these countries.