SPEECH BY THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA, SMT DROUPADI MURMU AT THE BANQUET HOSTED IN HONOUR OF HIS EXCELLENCY ANURA KUMARA DISANAYAKA PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA

It gives me immense pleasure to welcome H.E. Mr. Anura Kumara Disanayaka, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the distinguished members of his delegation to Rashtrapati Bhavan this evening.
Sri Lanka occupies a place of primacy in India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ Policy and the ‘SAGAR’ Vision.






