India on Saturday offered to set up an Information Technology Park in Sri lanka that could attract investments in this growing sector. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, while inaugurating the ‘Rise of Digital India Exhibition' here as part of the first Festival of India in Sri lanka, which is aptly titled - 'Sangam: a confluence of cultures’, said India was ready to set up an IT park in the country.
“We are ready to set up an Information Technology Park in Sri lanka that could attract investments in this important sector, and both sides agreed to explore this issue further,” Swaraj said. “I am aware that Sri lanka too, has been focusing on promoting Infotech for socio-economic development, and has achieved notable success in various fields,” she told. Swaraj said in her interactions with top lankan leadership, she found that Sri lanka is keen on developing the IT sector as part of their effort of developing their service sector.
“One of the issues that I discussed with Minister Mangala Samaraweera was the importance of information technology for the development of both our countries, and to take advantage of the opportunities that the new digital world offers. We felt that there are enormous opportunities of cooperation between the two countries in the field of information and digital technologies,” said Swaraj.