Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will leave for three-day visit to Sri Lanka today

The Ministry of Finance announced in a press release that Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will travel to Sri Lanka for three days starting on Wednesday. Sitharaman will give a speech as the guest of honor at the “NAAM 200″ event, which is being held by the Sri Lankan government to mark the 200th anniversary of the arrival of Tamils of Indian descent in Sri Lanka on November 2 at Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, Sri Lankan Minister of Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure Development Jeevan Thondaman, senior leaders across political parties and several other dignitaries will attend “NAAM 200.” Other invitees from Indian political parties and a representative of the Malaysian Tamil Congress will attend the event, according to the Ministry of Finance press release.
She will deliver an address at the India-Sri Lanka Business Summit on the theme ‘Enhancing Connectivity: Partnering for Prosperity.’ The India-Sri Lanka Business Summit is being jointly organised by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), the Indo-Lanka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce in Colombo on November 2.

Sagarika Gautam

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