Indian parliamentary group to meet Sri Lanka President tomorrow

The Indian parliamentary group that is visiting Sri Lanka now will meet President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the President's official residence Temple Trees tomorrow (20th) President's office sources say. They are to meet Sri Lankan President over breakfast.

The Indian parliamentary group led by Opposition Leader Sushma Swaraj comprises of 12 MPs and they are touring in Sri Lanka for six days.

They visited settlements of IDPs, development projects funded by India, met representatives of Tamil political parties and organizations and held talks during their stay.

The MPs have scheduled to hold talks with the Opposition Leader of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickramasinghe also.

They held talks with the Sri Lankan government Tuesday on the post-war development in the conflict-affected North. The delegation met with Minister of External Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris and the Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa on 17th at the respective ministries.

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