India, Lanka Sign Key Defence Pact After PM Modi, President Dissanayaka's Meet | Read
India and Sri Lanka signed a major defence cooperation pact for the first time ever after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Anura Kumara Dissanayake spoke.
The two countries signed a few more pacts, including one to develop Trincomalee as an energy hub. Another agreement was signed to provide India's multi-sectoral grant assistance to the eastern region of Sri Lanka. The two leaders also virtually inaugurated the Sampur solar power project.
