Indian Foreign Secretary arrives in Sri Lanka

February 18, 2017 06:24 pm

Indian Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar arrived in the country for two-day official visit.

He arrived at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) on board a SriLankan Airlines flight at 5.10pm today, Ada Derana reporter said.

The Foreign Secretary will be in Sri Lanka from February 18-20 during which he will interact with the leadership there on possibilities of collaboration and cooperation in a number of sectors including power, highways, airport, hydrocarbon sector, etc.

“The visit will continue the tradition of close exchanges with Sri Lanka that has gained momentum in the last two years... The visit would help in taking stock on various decisions taken during the meetings between the two leaderships,” a spokesman said.

Jaishankar will visit Dhaka on February 23-24 and hold talks with his Bangladeshi counterpart Shahidul Haque.

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