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Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 7.30 GMT |
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Sri Lankan
–India: More regular contacts |
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A Sri
Lankan
delegation
led by
Senior
Presidential
Advisor
Basil
Rajapaksa,
Defence
Secretary
Gotabaya
Rajapakse,
and
Secretary
to
President
Lalith
Wiretunge
are
scheduled
to meet
with
Indian
delegation
led by
National
Security
Advisor
M K
Narayanan,
Foreign
Secretary
Shiv
Shankar
Menon
and
Defence
Secretary
Vijay
Singh
today(June
24). The
meeting
is part
of
regular
contacts
at high
level
between
Sri
Lanka
and
India on
current
matters
of
mutual
interest,
and also
expected
to
further
improve
the
close
and
friendly
ties
that
exist
between
the two
countries.
The
Indian
National
Security
Adviser
M.K.
Narayanan
and
Foreign
Secretary
Shiv
Shankar
Menon
called
on
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa
on
several
occasions
recently
when
they
gained
increased
awareness
of the
relief
measures
taken by
the
government
for the
heavy
influx
of IDPs
in the
North.
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