August 18-25

Sri Lanka government delegations including Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and Presidential Secretary Lalith Weeratunge left to India on a two-day official tour.

The group is scheduled to meet Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other high ranking members of the Indian government.

Discussions between India and Sri Lanka are to be focused on the present development trends in the Sri Lanka and the recent developments in the north and east.