PM modi sri lanka visit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Colombo on the evening of Friday (April 4) on a three -day visit. Where five ministers including Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Vijita Herath, Health Minister Nalinda Jayatissa and Fisheries Minister Ramalingam Chandrashekhar were present at the airport to give him special welcome. Prime Minister Modi was welcomed with state honors. He was given a guard of honor and 21 cannon salutes at Freedom Chowk. This was the fourth time of his tour of Sri Lanka. This time PM Modi was awarded the Sri Lanka Mitra Vibhushan Samman. It is the highest civilian honor of the Government of Sri Lanka, which is given to foreign dignitaries who have played special friendship with Sri Lanka.

On getting the highest civilian honor of the Sri Lanka government, PM Modi said that this honor is for 140 crore Indians. This reflects deep friendship and shared values ​​between Sri Lanka and India. This honor confirms that India is not just a neighbor, but a “true friend”.

#Watch Colombo | Prime Minister Narendra Modi Says, “… today, to be honored with the sri lanka mitra vibhushan award by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake –T an honor to me but me but 140 Crore Indians. Relation and deep friendship between the… https://t.co/yqzcwp16n0 pic.twitter.com/wczyzuin8b

– ANI (@ani) April 5, 2025

Economic and Development Cooperation: 10,000 crore projects

Not only diplomatic relations between India and Sri Lanka, but also the projects of ground development are going on. Prime Minister Modi mentioned many important development projects in his speech. He said that India will get direct support for the farmers of Sri Lanka. He announced residential and social schemes worth Rs 10,000 crore for the Indian Origin Tamil (IOT) community. Apart from this, he made new agreements with the government of Sri Lanka, including areas such as infrastructure, digital connectivity, and green energy.

India helped Sri Lanka

The Prime Minister’s visit to Sri Lanka is taking place at a time when this island country is indicating to recover from the economic crisis. Three years ago, Sri Lanka was struggling with a major economic crisis and India gave him financial assistance of US $ 4.5 billion. PM Modi and President Disinayak will visit the historic city of Anuradhapura on April 6, where they will offer prayers at the Mahabodhi temple. The two leaders will jointly inaugurate two projects in Anuradhapura with the help of India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Sri Lanka on Friday evening after a two -day visit to Thailand. He received a great reception at the Bhandarnayake Airport in Colombo. Five big ministers of Sri Lanka- External Affairs Minister Vijita Herath, Health Minister Nalinda Jayatisa, Fisheries Minister Ramalingam Chandrashekhar and two others received her. This is his first visit to Sri Lanka after 2019 and fourth since 2015. Today he will get a guard of honor at Independence Square, Colombo. Then he will meet President Anura Kumara Disanayake.

Defense agreement may be

In this tour, there may be a defense agreement between India and Sri Lanka for the first time. This agreement is necessary to reduce China’s influence in the sea. Both countries will also talk on issues like energy, digital sector, trade and contact. Modi and Disanayake will have a face-to-face and delegation level meeting. In this, 10 big agreements can be started, Samphor Solar Energy Project can start and there will also be talk on digital cooperation.

PM Modi said this by tweeting on X

Earlier, Modi wrote on ‘X’, “I have reached Colombo. Thank you who welcome. Sri Lanka’s programs are awaited.” He was strongly welcomed by people of Indian origin at the Taj Samudra Hotel. This tour is happening when Sri Lanka is recovering from the 2022 economic crisis. At that time, India had helped $ 4.5 billion. This is the first foreign leader visit after Disinayake became President.

There will be talk on cooperation in defense, energy and digital fields

In the conversation on Saturday, cooperation in defense, energy and digital sector will increase. This journey may be a new beginning for Sri Lanka. The old relationship between India and Sri Lanka will be stronger, which will be beneficial for both countries.

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