New Delhi, Dec. 23 -- India will provide an assistance package worth Rs.4,040 crore to Sri Lanka for cyclone relief and repair, Indian Foreign ⁠Minister Subrahmanyam ⁠Jaishankar said on Tuesday.

"Just ⁠as Sri Lanka was recovering from the ‌economic crisis of 2022, this ​natural disaster has created new difficulties," Jaishankar, who is on a two-day visit to the island nation, said in ​remarks ⁠made alongside Sri Lankan Foreign Minister ⁠Vijitha Herath.

Jaishankar said the ‌assistance would cover areas worst hit by ​the cyclone such as the restoration of railway, road and ⁠bridge connectivity, as well as rebuilding destroyed houses.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar ...