Indian National Congress president Sonia Gandhi and MP Rahul Gandhi are likely to visit Sri Lanka soon, sources close to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday.

According to the sources,the duo had responded positively to an invitation extended by Mr Wickremesinghe to visit Sri Lanka

An invitation to visit Sri Lanka had also been extended to former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh who had called on the Sri Lankan Prime minister at the Taj Palace Hotel.

Mr Wickremesinghe also met Indian Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan and Indian Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu on Tuesday evening. (Yohan Perera in New Delhi)