Foreign secretary Nirupama Rao’s visit to Sri Lanka this week will be
followed by that of Indian Army chief, Gen. V.K. Singh, early in September. The
general’s visit will be part of a series of high-level visits to the island
nation scheduled over the next few months.
Also on the anvil are the visits by Indian Air Force chief Air
Chief Marshal P.V. Naik and defence secretary Pradeep Kumar, in that order.
External affairs minister S.M. Krishna is expected to visit Colombo later this year.
His Sri Lankan counterpart, G.L. Peiris, is scheduled to visit India in October
for delivering a lecture here, on the sidelines of which he can be expected to
hold consultations with the Indian government on the progress of the decisions
arrived at in Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s visit here in June.
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