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Ranil meets South Africa's President Zuma at Colombo airport

The Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe met the South African president, Jacob Zuma, on Saturday at the airport in Colombo as President Zuma was returning home after a visit to China.

Last year, South Africa's special envoy to Sri Lanka, Cyril Ramaphosa said that the former president, Mahinda Rajapaksa had requested President Zuma's assistance in achieving peace on the island.

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