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    Former Union Cabinet Minister and chairman of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Committee for Strategic Action Subramanian Swamy deliver a talk on ‘India under Modi: relevance for the region and the world’ here on Monday. As part of a discussion organised by the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies, Dr. Swamy on a panel that includes Seshadri Chari, national convener of the BJP’s foreign policy cell, Suresh Prabhu, former union minister, Swapan Dasgupta, journalist and political commentator, and Madhavan Nalapat, professor of geopolitics, Manipal Academy of Higher Education. During the visit, Dr. Swamy is met Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris and Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. Dr. Swamy has been a keen Sri Lanka watcher, and a regular visitor to the island. Last September, he called on Mr. Rajapaksa and discussed a range of issues, including the political climate in Sri Lanka and the fishermen conflict MORE - http://sandunarosha.blogspot.com/2014/07/21.html

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    Former Union Cabinet Minister and chairman of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Committee for Strategic Action Subramanian Swamy deliver a talk on ‘India under Modi: relevance for the region and the world’ here on Monday. As part of a discussion organised by the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies, Dr. Swamy on a panel that includes Seshadri Chari, national convener of the BJP’s foreign policy cell, Suresh Prabhu, former union minister, Swapan Dasgupta, journalist and political commentator, and Madhavan Nalapat, professor of geopolitics, Manipal Academy of Higher Education. During the visit, Dr. Swamy is met Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris and Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. Dr. Swamy has been a keen Sri Lanka watcher, and a regular visitor to the island. Last September, he called on Mr. Rajapaksa and discussed a range of issues, including the political climate in Sri Lanka and the fishermen conflict MORE - http://sandunarosha.blogspot.com/2014/07/21.html

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    Monday, July 21, 2014



    BJP Members Meet President Rajapaksa

    A group of members from Indias Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including the Chairman of BJPs
    Committee on Strategic Action and Former Union Minister Dr. Subramanian Swamy, met President
    Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees this evening.

    The group discussed a number of issues of bilateral and regional significance, including the functions
    carried out by the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) and Sri Lankas strategic importance in
    relation to this work, indicating that Sri Lanka plays a pivotal role in guarding the Indian Ocean. They
    pledged their fullest support for a continued Sri Lankan role in this regard.

    President Rajapaksa told the team of Sri Lankas interest in establishing a centre of excellence in
    maritime and environmental studies.

    The other BJP members who participated in the meeting with the President include Dr. Suresh
    Prabhakar Prabhu, Dr. Chari Seshadri Ramanujan, Dr. Swapan Dasgupta and Prof. Madhav Nalapat.
    They also spoke about the post-war progress Sri Lanka is making after the end of the war.

    Sri Lanka is the only country that has decisively dealt with terrorism, said Dr. Ramanujan.

    Pointing out that Sri Lankas security is important to India, Dr. Swamy told the President that the end
    of the war has benefited Indian security as well. In particular, they commended the Governments
    initiatives in the north and east toward improving infrastructure, bringing better educational
    opportunities to students and implementing programmes to make Sri Lanka a trilingual nation.

    While light-heartedly commenting on the social media relationship the leaders of the two countries
    share, the BJP team told President Rajapaksa that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants
    excellent relations with Sri Lanka.

    Minister of External Affairs Prof. G.L Peiris and Presidential Advisor Dr. Sunimal Fernando also
    participated in the discussion.

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