The Indian vice president and Sri Lankan president held talks on Sunday<\/p>\n
India and Sri Lanka have held talks on setting up an oil pipeline connecting the two South Asian nations.
\nIndian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said the discussions on Sunday between Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan and Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake also touched on bilateral ties, housing projects, and issues concerning the fishing industry of the two countries.
\n\u201cSome initiatives that are underway from the Indian side and some proposals that have already been discussed between the two countries, notable amongst them, the project related to the energy hub in Trincomalee and the proposal to link India and Sri Lanka through an oil pipeline,\u201d Misri said on Sunday.
\nDiscussions on the oil pipeline project, which also involves the United Arab Emirates, have been ongoing since 2023, Misri added.
\nSri Lanka, India, and the UAE signed a pact in April 2025 to set up an oil pipeline connecting the two South Asian neighbors and to establish the Trincomalee oil storage complex. The pact provides for the development of an energy hub by India and the UAE.
\nMisri pointed out the importance of the discussions at a time when the world \u201cis facing the fallout of an energy crisis.\u201d
\nRadhakrishnan\u2019s two-day visit is the first ever by an Indian vice president to Sri Lanka.\u00a0 \u00a0
\nDissanayake highlighted India\u2019s first-responder role during Sri Lanka\u2019s economic crisis in 2022 and, more recently, after Cyclone Ditwah last year.
\nRadhakrishnan discussed the ongoing implementation of Indian projects in Sri Lanka with an emphasis on the $450 million Cyclone Ditwah aid offered by New Delhi.
\nDuring the India-Sri Lanka talks, the digital ID project and the Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) were also discussed, Misri said.
\nVarious memoranda of understanding are also slated to be exchanged during Radhakrishnan\u2019s visit, the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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