{"id":102709,"date":"2020-05-23T15:15:52","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T22:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=102709"},"modified":"2020-05-23T15:15:52","modified_gmt":"2020-05-23T22:15:52","slug":"pm-modi-commends-president-rajapaksas-efforts-to-combat-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/05\/23\/pm-modi-commends-president-rajapaksas-efforts-to-combat-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi commends President Rajapaksa\u2019s efforts to combat Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Adaderana<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have engaged in a 20-minute telephone conversation this morning (23).&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Indian Premier has commended President Rajapaksa for being a clear thinker and tough decision-maker\u201d, in tackling the threat of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two leaders have also discussed the pre-COVID situation and where Sri Lanka and India are today, with emphasis on enhancing bilateral cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has commented on Sri Lanka\u2019s post-Coronavirus economy while emphasizing on IT &amp; technology. He has insisted on Sri Lanka\u2019s expectation of value-added investment from India.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the conversation, Prime Minister Modi has assured a road-show in India for Sri Lanka once the current threat eases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PM Modi has reiterated India\u2019s continuous support its close maritime neighbour in dealing with the pandemic and its economic impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two leaders have agreed to accelerate Indian-assisted development projects in Sri Lanka, and also strengthen investment links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Had an excellent talk with President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GotabayaR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GotabayaR<\/a>. Sri Lanka is fighting COVID-19 effectively under his leadership. India will continue to support our close maritime neighbour in dealing with the pandemic and its economic impact.\u2014 Narendra Modi (@narendramodi)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi\/status\/1264119009928073216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have engaged in a 20-minute telephone conversation this morning (23).&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The Indian Premier has commended President Rajapaksa for being a clear thinker and tough decision-maker\u201d, in tackling the threat of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka. The two leaders have also discussed the pre-COVID situation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102709\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}