Proposed India-Sri Lanka oil pipeline link discussed during meeting between President AKD and Indian VP: Indian Foreign Secretary

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the visiting Vice President of India, C. P. Radhakrishnan held discussions on the proposed project related to the energy hub in Trincomalee and the proposal to link India and Sri Lanka through an oil pipeline, according to Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri.

Addressing a special media briefing in Colombo, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said during today’s meeting it was emphasized the value of such energy connectivity, especially when the entire world and the South Asian region, especially, is facing the fallout of an energy crisis generated by the situation in West Asia.

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said, “...The President underlined the very strong civilizational bond between the two countries. He referred on more than one occasion to the difference that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s neighbourhood first policy has made in strengthening relations between India and Sri Lanka, especially by way of India’s first responder role, first during the economic crisis faced by Sri Lanka in 2022 and then more recently after Cyclone Ditwah in December of 2025, and also referred to the assistance that India is providing at this moment as Sri Lanka deals with the fallout of the West Asia crisis. The President also referred in this context to India’s investments in various sectors in Sri Lanka, especially ports, and also the discussions that are now underway on several projects in the energy sector, in the digital sector, and in the connectivity area...”

“The Vice President mentioned, as I said, some initiatives that are underway from the Indian side and some proposals that have already been discussed between the two countries. Notably, the project related to the energy hub in Trincomalee and the proposal to link India and Sri Lanka through an oil pipeline. And in fact, the point was made as to the value of such energy connectivity, especially at a time like now, when the entire world and this region, especially, is facing the fallout of an energy crisis generated by the situation in West Asia,” Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri added.

The India Foreign Secretary also stated that the digital ID project and the Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) were also deliberated during Indian Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan’s visit to Sri Lanka.

Indian Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan this morning arrived on a two-day official visit.

He met President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya and several other factions.