Mahinda Rajapaksa and Modi to hold virtual summit on September 26
COLOMBO – The Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka and India are scheduled to have a Virtual Bilateral Summit on Saturday (26), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Wednesday (23).
It said the Summit was a initiative of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who during a telephone conversation with his Sri Lankan counterpart on August 6, had agreed to review the multifaceted bilateral relationship through a scheduled Virtual Summit.
The Summit level interaction is expected to focus on the full gamut of bilateral engagement inter-alia political, economic, finance, development, defence and security spheres, educational, tourism and cultural as well as regional and international issues of mutual interest, the foreign ministry said, adding that relevant subject ministers and senior officials of both countries will be associated with the leaders at the Summit.
This is the first Virtual Summit level interaction by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa with a foreign leader since assuming premiership last month.
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