PM Wickremesinghe calls on Narendra Modi
October 5, 2016 01:37 pm
Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Wednesday (05) afternoon.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also met Prime Minister Wickramasinghe, reports said.
Wickremesinghe, who arrived in the national capital Tuesday on a three-day visit will also call on President Pranab Mukherjee.
Wickramasinghe’s visit assumes significance as Sri Lanka was one of the four SAARC member-states which sided with India in pulling out of the SAARC summit, scheduled in Islamabad on November 9-10, following the terror attack on an army base in Uri on September 18 by Pakistan-based terrorists.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and some other diplomats will also meet the visiting dignitary. The Sri Lankan Prime Minister will address the opening plenary of the India Economic Summit in New Delhi Thursday.
