Indian and Sri Lankan officials held talks in Colombo about trade, investment and economic cooperation.
"Recognising that India is Sri Lanka's leading trade partner and that bilateral trade between the two countries has now reached $5 billion, it was agreed that the potential which remains to expand bilateral trade further to the tune of $10 billion would be exploited in the next 3 years," said a statement issued by the government today.
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