Sri Lankan PM on a 3-day visit to India; to meet PM Modi

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is on a three day visit to India amid media reports claiming that Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has accused India of hatching a plot to assassinate him. However, Sirisena categorically rejected the reports. He even spoke to Prime Minister Modi on the telephone on Thursday.

Sri Lankan President ⁦@MaithripalaS⁩ and PM ⁦@narendramodi⁩ had a fruitful telephone conversation earlier today. https://t.co/Lfjh5Ujpfd

via NaMo App pic.twitter.com/CLleakChcO

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) October 17, 2018

The country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs also dubbed these reports ‘baseless and false’ while highlighting the strong relationship between India and Sri Lanka.

Wickremesinghe  arrived in India on Thursday for a three-day official visit. On Friday, Wickremesinghe will attend a programme in the national capital.

He is then scheduled to meet Home Minister Rajnath Singh on October 20 before holding a meeting with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

Wickremesinghe will also hold a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House in the afternoon. The Sri Lankan Prime Minister will emplane the same day.

(with ANI inputs)

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