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PM Mahinda Rajapaksa to visit India in February

(UTV|COLOMBO) – Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to visit New Delhi in early February.

The Hindu reported the Prime Minister’s Media Division noted that the dates, delegation and meetings are yet to be confirmed.

The visit will mark Premier Rajapaksa’s first overseas visit after he was appointed Prime Minister.

Prime Minister Rajapaksa’s visit to New Delhi comes around two months after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa visited India.

Last week, Minister Dinesh Gunawardena held talks with India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in New Delhi.

The Hindu reported bilateral issues including regional security and the much-discussed development cooperation at the East Container Terminal in Colombo and the Trincomalee oil tank farms will be discussed.

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