Lankan PM to meet Modi

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari are also scheduled to call Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today during his visit to India, Indian media reported.

It will be Wickremesinghe's working visit and both he and Premier Modi will hold talks on April 26. "The prime minister will have a luncheon meeting with Ranil Wickremesinghe on April 26," External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Gopal Baglay was quoted as saying to DNA India.

After his day-long official engagements here, the Sri Lankan PM will be making a three-day private visit outside the capital.

According to the report both sides are set to fine-tune a Sri Lankan proposal seeking Indian investment in developing Trincomalee port and oil tank farms. Also, setting up of an LNG power plant and terminal, highway and railway projects in north and eastern province. 

Indian premier Modi will be flying to Sri Lanka to participate in the celebrations marking the UN 'Vesak Day' on May 12,  The commemorations in Colombo will include an International Buddhist Conference in which over 400 delegates from more than 100 countries will participate.