On March 21, Gateway House hosted Prasad Kariyawasam, the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India, in conversation with Ambassador Neelam Deo, Director, Gateway House, to discuss the future of India-Sri Lanka relations.
Prasad Kariyawasam has been the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India since December 2009, with concurrent accreditation to Bhutan and Afghanistan. Prior to this, he had diplomatic assignments in Geneva, Riyadh, Washington, New Delhi and New York.
Ambassador Neelam Deo is Director of Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations and former Ambassador to Denmark and former Joint Secretary for Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh.
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Prior to the meeting, Gateway House’s Anirudh Menon and Hari Seshasayee interviewed High Commissioner Kariyawasam on the implications of the United Nations Human Rights Commission’s vote against Sri Lanka, and the future of India-Sri Lanka relations. You can read the excerpts, here.