• President Rajapaksa and Indian PM to have bilateral talks today

By Kelum Bandara 

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will have bilateral talks with  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at noon today at Hyderabad House.   

The President took wing to India yesterday along with a  small delegation that comprised of the President’s Secretary  Dr. P.B.  Jayasundara, Treasury Secretary Sajith Attygalle, Advisor to the  President Lalith Weeratunga, Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha and  Private Secretary to the President Sugeeswara Bandara.  

According to informed sources, the two leaders will mainly  focus on cooperation on national security, future investment projects  and projects that are already in the pipeline.   

This is the first ever official visit by the President upon  election to office at the presidential polls conducted on November 16.  The presidential entourage will return on Saturday.