President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived in London yesterday to attend the Commonwealth Conference.

The Conference scheduled to be held next Tuesday in London, with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown presiding, will discuss how the decisions reached at the Commonwealth Summit last November, could be implemented. Heads of State from 12 countries are expected to attend the conference.

The reformation and the re-structure of the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in accordance with global needs and trends, will also come up for discussion at the conference.

During his two day official visit to London, President Rajapaksa will meet British Premier Gordon Brown, Opposition Leader David Camron and other British Parliamentarians and apprise them on the current situation in Sri Lanka.