Key Takeaways
- Mamata Banerjee met Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe at Dubai Airport and extended an invitation.
- The invitation targets the Kolkata business summit on November 21‑22, 2023 to attract global investors.
- The summit aims to strengthen trade links between West Bengal, Sri Lanka, and the wider diaspora.
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday that she had a very pleasant meeting with Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Dubai International Airport and invited him to join the Kolkata business summit.
Banerjee left for Dubai on Tuesday en route to Spain, aiming to invite NRIs, foreign industrialists, and investors to the business summit.
During her stop, she also extended an invitation to the head of Sri Lanka to join the Kolkata business summit scheduled for November 21‑22, 2023.
‘His Excellency The President of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe, saw me at the Dubai International Airport Lounge and called me to join for some discussion,’ the Bengal CM said on her Twitter account Wednesday morning.
‘I have been humbled by his greetings and have invited him to the Bengal Global Business Summit 2023 in Kolkata. He extended a cordial invitation to me to visit Sri Lanka. It was a pleasant interaction with deep implications,” Banerjee said.
After a night halt in Dubai, Mamata Banerjee left for Madrid Wednesday morning on her way to Barcelona, Spain.
