High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Taranjit Singh Sandhu met with newly appointed Foreign Affairs Minister Ravi Karunanayake this morning.

He is the first foreign diplomat to meet Minister Ravi Karunanayake.

MP Ravi Karunanayake assumed duties as Minister for Foreign Affairs this morning.

He previously held the portfolio of Finance Minister but President Maithripala Sirisena, in a post-Vesak swap, handed over the Finance Ministry to former Foreign Affairs Minister Mangala Samaraweera.