On Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits to Colombo, Former President of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe spoke on on April 4. He said "I expect to have much closer relations and that we've been talking of many connectivity projects, other projects that we can now start actually agreeing and implementing it". He said "I expect to have much closer relations and that we've been talking of many connectivity projects, other projects that we can now start actually agreeing and implementing it. India and Sri Lanka Present ties are good and it have to be Close. We acknowledge the help that was given to us during the financial crisis.