Sri Lanka, Aug. 19 -- High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India Mahishini Colonne addressed the 66th course of the National Defence College of India on bilateral relations, covering determinants, status, opportunities, challenges, and the way forward.

122 senior officers from Indian armed forces, civil services, and police, alongside forty-one foreign officers including representatives from Sri Lanka, attended the session.

The address examined bilateral ties through history, geography, sovereignty, security, economics, connectivity, and people-to-people relations while drawing on the college motto of wisdom is strength.

Recent bilateral momentum included the state visit of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in December 2024, Prime Minist...