According to the Sri Lanka President's office, Jaishankar and Wickremesinghe held extensive discussions aimed at enhancing the relationship between India and Sri Lanka and signed three new bilateral agreements to foster greater cooperation between the two countries.
Suluhu's visit marks the first by a Tanzanian President after more than eight years. She met External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar and will meet PM Narendra Modi at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday.
Tensions flared between India and Canada last month following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegations of the "potential" involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Nijjar. India has angrily rejected the allegations as "absurd" and "motivated".
State Department spokesperson Mathew Miller told reporters at his daily news conference said that the Biden administration made it clear then, and added "I’ll reiterate now, we remain in close coordination with our Canadian colleagues on this question".
Biden's top advisor, a prominent Indian American in the White House, Neera Tandon said that it's important that India and the US have a strong person-to-person, community-to-community leader relationship based on the strength of the community.
“No celebration gains depth and width if it's not supported by wisdom, and that wisdom is within us within all of us. Wisdom is to recognise we are all unique and we are all one," said S Jaishankar.
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Speaking at the event, Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said, “we all belong to one global family" adding that life is too short for conflicts and called for the world to face challenges pragmatically and to dream for a better future.
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar put Canadian PM Justin Trudeau in the dock.
Jaishankar, during an interactive session at Hudson Institute on ‘India’s role in a New Pacific Order’, stressed that the Indian government, irrespective of religion, caste and creed, has been delivering social welfare schemes.
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While speaking at Hudson University, Jaishankar underscored that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had initially levelled allegations privately and then publically from the House of Commons and added India too replied to the allegations in the same manner.
The ongoing diplomatic row between India and Canada was expected to be on the agenda of the bilateral meeting. However, it is unclear as of now whether Jaishankar and Blinken addressed the issue during their discussions.
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is set to meet his US counterpart Antony Blinken in Washington. During the meeting, the recent political skirmish between India and Canada is likely to come up for discussion.
Notably, the statement from Jaishankar came after Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, claimed that the government would permit a Chinese research vessel to dock at Colombo port in October. According to media reports, Shi Yan 6 ship has entered the Indian Ocean.
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