Sri Lanka has invited Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa and an Indian parliamentary delegation to visit the country, India' External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said on Friday.

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj has been invited by the speaker of the Sri Lankan parliament to visit the country. Swaraj has accepted the invitation and is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka September 16-20, the Minister told the Lok Sabha.

“During his recent meeting with the chief minister of Tamil Nadu in Chennai, Sri Lankan high commissioner to New Delhi has conveyed the invitation of the president of Sri Lanka to chief minister of Tamil Nadu to visit Sri Lanka,” Minister Krishna said while replying to a short duration discussion on steps taken by the government for the relief and resettlement of Sri Lankan Tamils in the Lok Sabha.

“He has also invited a parliamentary team, not only from Tamil Nadu but also from other areas to visit Sri Lanka, including northern Sri Lanka,” said Krishna.

“We would work out a suitable time frame for the visit (of a joint parliamentary delegation) in consultation with the Sri Lankan government,” said Krishna.