Modi Invites Sri Lanka President

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe today arrived in Delhi on a two-day official visit to India. Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs V Muraleedharan welcomed President Wickremesinghe at the airport.

Newly-elected Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi today to visit the island nation, saying India was a long-standing friend of his country.

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday left for India on his first official overseas visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mr Rajapaksa is accompanied by his Secretary PB Jayasundera and Lalith Weeratunga, Advisor to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. During the two-day visit, the Lankan president will hold talks with...

Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was sworn in as Sri Lanka's new president on Monday, has accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's invitation to visit India next week, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said after meeting the Lankan president this evening in Colombo.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's oath ceremony on Thursday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan will be attended by leaders of the BIMSTEC member countries, in line with the government's "Neighbourhood First" policy, the foreign ministry said in a statement.

Sri Lanka's Foreign Affairs Minister, G L Peiris, is in India on a three-day visit. Today, he met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj over lunch where Mr Peiris reiterated president Rajapakse's invitation to PM Modi to visit India.

The MDMK chief had opposed the invitation extended to the Sri Lankan President and had asked Narendra Modi and Rajnath Singh to reconsider the decision.

Rajapakasa is among the six heads of state of SAARC nations invited for the swearing-in which will be attended by nearly 4,000 guests in the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan this evening.

After MDMK, another BJP ally in Tamil Nadu, Vijayakant-led DMDK, today opposed Narendra Modi's invitation to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to attend his swearing-in on Monday. The party said Mr Rajapaksa's presence is not acceptable to it and sought for a review of the same.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who will be among the world leaders to watch Narendra Modi's swearing in as Prime Minister on Monday, has taken a big step towards reconciliation in his own country. He has invited the Chief Minister of Lanka's Tamil provinces to join his delegation to India.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's silence on the invitation extended by Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse to attend his oath ceremony, has drawn more attention than the vocal protests of other leaders in the state.

After MDMK expressed "unexplainable grief" over Narendra Modi's invitation to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa for his swearing-in ceremony on Monday May 26, it was the DMK's turn to critisize the move.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe today arrived in Delhi on a two-day official visit to India. Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs V Muraleedharan welcomed President Wickremesinghe at the airport.

Newly-elected Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi today to visit the island nation, saying India was a long-standing friend of his country.

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday left for India on his first official overseas visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mr Rajapaksa is accompanied by his Secretary PB Jayasundera and Lalith Weeratunga, Advisor to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. During the two-day visit, the Lankan president will hold talks with...

Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was sworn in as Sri Lanka's new president on Monday, has accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's invitation to visit India next week, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said after meeting the Lankan president this evening in Colombo.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's oath ceremony on Thursday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan will be attended by leaders of the BIMSTEC member countries, in line with the government's "Neighbourhood First" policy, the foreign ministry said in a statement.

Sri Lanka's Foreign Affairs Minister, G L Peiris, is in India on a three-day visit. Today, he met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj over lunch where Mr Peiris reiterated president Rajapakse's invitation to PM Modi to visit India.

The MDMK chief had opposed the invitation extended to the Sri Lankan President and had asked Narendra Modi and Rajnath Singh to reconsider the decision.

Rajapakasa is among the six heads of state of SAARC nations invited for the swearing-in which will be attended by nearly 4,000 guests in the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan this evening.

After MDMK, another BJP ally in Tamil Nadu, Vijayakant-led DMDK, today opposed Narendra Modi's invitation to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to attend his swearing-in on Monday. The party said Mr Rajapaksa's presence is not acceptable to it and sought for a review of the same.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who will be among the world leaders to watch Narendra Modi's swearing in as Prime Minister on Monday, has taken a big step towards reconciliation in his own country. He has invited the Chief Minister of Lanka's Tamil provinces to join his delegation to India.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's silence on the invitation extended by Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse to attend his oath ceremony, has drawn more attention than the vocal protests of other leaders in the state.

After MDMK expressed "unexplainable grief" over Narendra Modi's invitation to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa for his swearing-in ceremony on Monday May 26, it was the DMK's turn to critisize the move.