Foreign Secretary Kwatra meets President Rajapaksa, holds talks on situation in Lanka and India's ongoing support
In a tweet, the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra, accompanied by Secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Finance of India, Ajay Seth, Chief Economic Advisor to the ...
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