{"id":232204,"date":"2025-02-05T08:39:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T08:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/indian-high-commissioner-jha-meets-sri-lankas-ex-president-rajapaksa\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T08:39:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T08:39:01","slug":"indian-high-commissioner-jha-meets-sri-lankas-ex-president-rajapaksa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/indian-high-commissioner-jha-meets-sri-lankas-ex-president-rajapaksa\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian High Commissioner Jha meets Sri Lanka&#8217;s ex-president Rajapaksa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-117943398,imgsize-36476.cms?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Indian High Commissioner Jha meets Sri Lanka&#8217;s ex-president Rajapaksa\" title=\"Indian High Commissioner Jha meets Sri Lanka&#8217;s ex-president Rajapaksa\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-brcount=\"8\">Colombo, <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/indian-high-commissioner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian High Commissioner<\/a> Santosh Jha on Wednesday met Sri Lanka&#8217;s former president <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mahinda-rajapaksa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mahinda Rajapaksa<\/a> and discussed <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/bilateral-ties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bilateral ties<\/a> and connectivity initiatives between the two countries. Jha met Rajapaksa, 79, at his Wijerama residence in Colombo. <!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=toppotime:1--> &#8220;High Commissioner @santjha met former President @PresRajapaksa,&#8221; the Indian High Commission here said in a post on X. <\/p>\n<p> It added that the two exchanged views on the multi-faceted India-Sri Lanka ties, including &#8220;connectivity projects and the latest developments in Sri Lanka.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> Also present at the meeting was Sagara Kariyawasam, the General Secretary of Sri Lanka People&#8217;s Front (SLPP, also known locally by its popular Sinhalese name, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna), according to the dailymirror.lk news portal. <\/p>\n<p>Rajapaksa was president for two terms &#8211; 2005-10 and 2010-15 &#8211; and prime minister for two terms &#8211; from April 2004 to November 2005 and from 2019-22.<!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=botpotime:1--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/indian-high-commissioner-jha-meets-sri-lankas-ex-president-rajapaksa\/articleshow\/117943398.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colombo, Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha on Wednesday met Sri Lanka&#8217;s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa and discussed bilateral ties and connectivity initiatives between the two countries. Jha met Rajapaksa, 79, at his Wijerama residence in Colombo. &#8220;High Commissioner @santjha met former President @PresRajapaksa,&#8221; the Indian High Commission here said in a post on X. 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