The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Ranil Wickremasinghe has arrived in India for a 3-day official visit from 04 to
06 October 2016 on completion of the first ever visit to New Zealand by a Sri
Lankan leader. He is due to call on the Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and attend
the opening plenary of the Indian Economic Summit organized by the Geneva-based
World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in
New Delhi. The visit comes in the wake of Sri Lanka’s pulling out of the South
Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit scheduled to be held
in Islamabad, Pakistan in November, following India’s move.
The Sri Lankan Premier will hold
discussions with the Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, the Minister of
Home Affairs Rajnath Singh, the Minister of Road Transport and Highways and Shipping
Nitin Gadkari, the Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gases Dharmendra
Pradhanand and the National Security Adviser Ajit Doval during his second visit
to India since assumption of office in January last year.
Prime Minister Wickremasinghe is
accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Mangala Samaraweera, the
Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade Malik Samarawickrema
and the Minister of Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructure Haren
Fernando.
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