The Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka and India are scheduled to have a virtual bilateral summit on Saturday, September 26, Foreign Ministry said.
“On the initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who had a telephone conversation with the newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on August 6, both leaders agreed to review the multifaceted bilateral relationship through the scheduled virtual summit,” Ministry said in a statement.
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.
Relevant subject ministers and senior officials of both countries will associate 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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