Lalit K Jha
Washington, Apr 19 (PTI) Asking US entrepreneurs to invest in Sri Lanka, a minister from the country has said this will also help them tap the huge Indian market given a free trade agreement between New Delhi and Colombo.
Highlighting the India-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement, Sri Lankan minister for International Monetary Cooperation Sarath Amunugama told a group of leading US entrepreneurs at a luncheon here that Sri Lanka was an excellent launching pad to enter major regional markets, in particular India.
Promoting Sri Lanka as one of the most stable and safest places to do business in Asia, he said, "The war is a thing in the past, and Sri Lanka now ranks as one of the most stable and safest places to do business.