{"id":71060,"date":"2020-11-25T17:51:45","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T22:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=71060"},"modified":"2020-11-26T01:05:28","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T06:05:28","slug":"indian-national-security-adviser-ajit-doval-and-maldivian-defence-minister-mariya-ahmed-didi-will-be-in-colombo-on-nov-27-for-trilateral-discussions-among-india-sri-lanka-and-the-maldivessri-lank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=71060","title":{"rendered":"Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Maldivian Defence Minister Mariya Ahmed Didi will be in Colombo on Nov 27 for trilateral discussions among India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives;Sri Lankan side will be represented at the highest levels by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa,"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Meera Srinivasan<\/strong><\/p>\n

National Security Adviser will hold talks with Sri Lanka and Maldives
\nNational Security Adviser Ajit Doval will be in Colombo on Friday for trilateral discussions among India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives.<\/p>\n

Maldivian Defence Minister Mariya Ahmed Didi will also travel to Colombo, while the Sri Lankan side will be represented at the highest levels by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lankan newspaper Daily Mirror reported on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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This is Mr. Doval\u2019s second official visit to Sri Lanka this year. He was here in January \u2014 on the heels of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa\u2019s resounding election victory last year and New Delhi visit soon after \u2014 and held discussions on strengthening military ties and countering a \u201cdebt trap\u201d, with the Sri Lankan leadership.<\/p>\n

There is no official information yet on whether Mr. Doval will hold separate bilateral meetings with either partners, but Friday\u2019s scheduled meeting of the Indian Ocean neighbours marks the resumption of NSA-level trilateral Maritime Security Cooperation talks after six years.<\/p>\n

The last such discussion was held in New Delhi in March 2014, and the Sri Lankan side was represented by Mr. Rajapaksa, who was then Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development.<\/p>\n

The initiative began in 2011 and top officials met regularly until New Delhi\u2019s relations with the former Abdulla Yameen administration in Male deteriorated, according to diplomatic sources. New Delhi was waiting for the conclusion of Sri Lanka\u2019s parliamentary elections \u2013 they were held in August and reaffirmed the Rajapaksas\u2019 electoral appeal \u2013 to revive the trilateral talks, sources said.<\/p>\n

Sources in Colombo said matters of shared interest and concern are likely to be taken up for discussion. Significantly, the meeting comes months after the Maldives signed a defence deal with the US, and more recently, received a Japanese grant to strengthen its coastguard.<\/p>\n

Mr. Doval\u2019s visit also comes in a series of visits by top foreign officials to Colombo, first by a high-powered Chinese delegation early in October, followed by that of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo late last month amid a persisting second wave of Covid-19 in Sri Lanka. The visiting delegations, Colombo maintained, were within a \u201ctravel bubble\u201d, and \u201cfollowed all health protocols\u201d.<\/p>\n

Courtesy:The Hindu<\/em><\/p>\n

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By Meera Srinivasan National Security Adviser will hold talks with Sri Lanka and Maldives National Security Adviser Ajit Doval will be in Colombo on Friday for trilateral discussions among India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Maldivian Defence Minister Mariya Ahmed Didi will also travel to Colombo, while the Sri Lankan side will be represented at …<\/p>\n

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