India sri lanka relations: Earlier this month of Prime Minister Narendra Modi (April 6, 2025) went on a three -day visit to Sri Lanka. During this time, there were many agreements between India and Sri Lanka regarding defense matters. Because of these agreements, President Anura Kumar Disanayake’s domestic critics are trying to make it a political issue.

Perhaps it was not a coincidence, exactly 54 years and 1 day before the signing of the MoU (April 5, 1971), the political party Vimukti Pararamuna (JVP), the political party of Disanayake, launched Sri Lankan’s first armed revolt against Indian expansion with the slogan of motherland or death. The JVP is a political party running on the ideas of the Marxist-Leninist. The party was involved in another armed rebellion against the then government in Colombo during 1987–89.

Disanayake reached Sri Lankan Parliament for the first time in 2000
As a representative of JVP, Disanayake entered the Sri Lankan Parliament for the first time in 2000. He has been the main voice of the party in Parliament for the last 20 years. In 2019, Disanayake formed an alliance called National People’s Power (NPP), which included JVP as a major constituent and twenty other political parties, trade unions and social groups.

Last year, Disinayak was elected President of Sri Lanka as NPP leader. After SLFP and UNP, he became the first person to win the election as the leader of the third party. However, when a memorandum of agreement was being signed within the Secretariat in Colombo on 6 April, a faction was protesting against Indian expansion outside the nearby Fort railway station.

Sri Lanka is important for China
This agreement is reached at a time when China is also planning to expand in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is also very important for China, because it wants to dominate the Indian Ocean region (IOR) as part of its string of pearl strategy, which is a matter of concern for India. Sri Lanka leasing Hambantota port for 99 years is part of this strategy.

India adopted ‘ocean’ policy
New Delhi’s strategy towards Colombo shows mutual and overall progress for security and development in PM Modi’s vision (ocean) areas, which he announced on 12 March in Mauritius. The ocean approach is based on the Sagar (security and development for all in the region) policy, which PM Modi first announced during his visit to Mauritius in 2015.

PM Modi has traveled 4 times Sri Lanka
PM Modi had said that we have adopted the ocean wicked for the stability and prosperity of this entire region. Today, while taking this forward, I would like to say that our approach to the global South will move beyond the ocean, which means mutual and overall progress for safety and development in areas. He said that the new approach will emphasize business for development, capacity building for sustainable development and mutual security for shared future. It is important that this was PM Modi’s fourth visit to Sri Lanka and this time he spent three days in Sri Lanka.

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PM modi sri lanka visit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi had gone on a three -day visit to the neighboring country Sri Lanka from Friday (April 4). Prime Minister Modi’s visit is the first after President Anura Kumara Disanayake was elected in the month of September last year. During this time, leaders of India and Sri Lanka signed seven important agreements.

Sri Lankan President Anuraa Kumara Disanayake signed 7 important agreements including defense, energy, digital infrastructure, health and trade with India in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (April 5).

President assured confidence in India’s security interests

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Disanayake has assured India’s security amid concerns about China’s growing influence in the region of the Indian Ocean. In his address during the joint press conference, President Disanayake said, “I confirm Sri Lanka’s attitude that Sri Lanka will not allow its land to be used in any way against India’s security interests and regional stability.”

After the President Disaniyak assured, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, ‘I am grateful to President Disanayake for sensitivity to India’s interests. We welcome important agreements between the two countries.

Discussion about India-Sri Lanka relations in the meeting

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived on a visit to Sri Lanka for the first time after taking over the post of President Disanayake, held a detailed discussion towards further integrity of the two countries. During this time, he reiterated his commitment to work closely with a joint perspective to ‘promote his partnership for the common future’.

At the same time, according to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also confirmed India’s commitment to stand with Sri Lanka to stand with him in economic reform and development.