Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi will hold a virtual summit today during which the two leaders would discuss the entire gamut of bilateral relations, including defence and security issues, the Foreign Ministry here has announced.
The summit is being held on the initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who had a telephonic conversation with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Rajapaksa on August 6 this year, the ministry said.
“Looking forward to interacting with PM @narendramodi at the virtual summit scheduled for 26th September. We expect to review the multifaceted bilateral relationship between our nations, ranging from politics, economics, defence, tourism, and other areas of mutual interest. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said in a twitter message.
The 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 Sri Lankan foreign ministry said in a statement.- The Economic Times
