MS invites Indian President to visit SL

6 October 2016 09:47 am

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe informed Indian President Pranab Mukherjee that President Maithripala Sirisena had invited him to visit Sri Lanka in a move to further strengthen close ties between the two countries.

He made this invitation during bilateral discussions held between the Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe at the Rashtrapati Bhavan last evening.

Responding to the Premier’s comments, Indian President Pranab Mukherjee said that he was pleased about the invitation and thanked the President for the invitation.

President Mukherjee told that premier Wickremesinghe was a close friend of him for the last years.