President arrives in New Delhi 

[November 04, 2004 - 9:30 GMT]

President Chandrika Kumaratunga arrived at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport in the early hours of Thursday 4th November.

The President was accompanied by Foreign Affairs Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar, Power & Energy Minister Susil Premajayantha and Government officials. President and her entourage were received by Indian External Affairs Ministry officials, Shrimathi Nirupama Rao India’s High Commissioner in Colombo and Mr. Mangala Moonasinghe Sri Lankan envoy in New Delhi.

Sri Lankan Board of Investment Chief and several key businessmen are also in New Delhi to explore more Indian investments and to improve trade with India.

This is President Kumaratunga’s first visit to India after the UPFA Government assumed office in April this year and after the Congress victory in India in May 2004. However the Sri Lankan leader did meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on two previous occasions; at the BIMSTEC summit in Thailand and in New York in September. In the coming days the President is due to meet several Indian leaders.

President Kumaratunga is among the six keynote speakers at the Leadership Initiative Seminar organized by India's leading daily the Hindustan Times. In the previous such seminar the speakers were former US President Bill Clinton and his Secretary of State Madeline Albright.

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Last Updated Date: November 04, 2004 - 9:30 GMT