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Civil Nuclear Copperation Agreement Tops List of Indo Sri Lankan agreements

By TN Ashok   Diplomatic Editor

New Delhi, Feb 16 : The Civil Nuclear Cooperation agreement between India and Sri Lanka topped the list of agreements signed between the two countries during the state visit of the Sri Lankan President to India.

The following are the the list of agreements/MOUs :

S.No. Agreement/MoU Details/Scope Indian Signatory Sri Lankan Signatory
1 Agreement between Sri Lanka and India on Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy. The Agreement would facilitate cooperation in the transfer and exchange of knowledge and expertise, sharing of resources, capacity building and training of personnel in peaceful uses of nuclear energy including use of radioisotopes, nuclear safety, radiation safety, nuclear security, radioactive waste management and nuclear and radiological disaster mitigation and environmental protection. Shri Ratan Kumar Sinha,
Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy
Hon. Patali Champika Ranawaka, Minister of Power & Energy
2 Programme of Cultural Cooperation between Sri Lanka and India for the years 2015 – 18 The Programme of Cultural Cooperation for 2015-18 seeks to enhance the level of cooperation in a wide variety of fields such as performing arts, visual arts, libraries, museums, archives & cultural documentation, archaeology, handicrafts, publications and professional exchanges. Shri Ravindra Singh,
Secretary, Ministry of Culture
H.E. Sudharshan Seneviratne,
High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in New Delhi
3 MoU on the Establishment of Nalanda University The MoU would enable Sri Lanka to participate in the Nalanda University Project. Dr. S. Jaishankar
Foreign Secretary
Ms. Chitranganee Wagiswara
Secretary, Foreign Affairs
4 Work-Plan 2014-2015 under the MoU on Cooperation in the field of Agriculture between India and Sri Lanka. The Work Plan would facilitate bilateral cooperation in Agro Processing, Agricultural extension, horticulture, agricultural machinery, training in farm mechanization, livestock diseases, etc. between relevant institutes and organizations from both countries. Shri Ashish Bahuguna , Secretary, Department of Agriculture & Cooperation H.E. Sudharshan Seneviratne,
High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in New Delhi

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