India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will arrive in Sri Lanka on March 14 for the first state visit by an Indian leader since Rajiv Gandhi in 1987, according to the Daily FT.
Sri Lanka’s new president, Maithripala Sirisena will visit India, his first foreign visit since assuming office, on the February 16.
Earlier this month, Sri Lanka’s External Affairs Minister Mangala Samaraweera visited Delhi and met with his counterpart Sushma Swaraj and Prime Minister Modi.
Both countries pledged to strengthen ties between them during the talks, which focused on a range of issues, including political and economic cooperation, the repatriation of Tamil refugees and the fishermen dispute.
Ms Swaraj urged the minister to ensure the “political reconciliation” of Sri Lanka’s Tamil population, in what were the first talks between the two governments since Sri Lanka’s presidential elections.
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