Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will visit Sri Lanka next month during which the two sides will sign several agreements including a pact on combating money laundering and terrorism financing, Foreign Ministry officials said on Saturday.
This will be Mr. Sharif’s first visit to Lanka since President Maithripala Sirisena took office a year ago. Mr. Sharif last visited the island nation in November 2013 for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting which was held in Colombo.
Deputy Foreign Minister Harsha de Silva was quoted as saying 10 memorandum of understandings (MoUs) and pacts are to be signed during Mr. Sharif’s visit, covering a range of key areas.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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