COLOMBO: Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) on Monday July 10 on a two-day official visit, an airport duty officer said.
He arrived in the country with three other officials.
The group arrived at the airport at around 8.55 p.m on a flight (IFC-33) belonging to the Indian Air Force from New Delhi, India.
A group of high officials from the High Commission of India in Sri Lanka arrived at the Katunayake Airport to welcome the visiting group.
Kwatra is expected to work out arrangements pertaining to President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s visit to New Delhi, scheduled for 20 July.
President Wickremesinghe is visiting India for the first time since he took office in 2022, later this month, during which he is expected to hold bilateral talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Meanwhile, Ministers of Fisheries, Energy and Power, Foreign Affairs, namely Douglas Devananda, Kanchana Wijesekera and Ali Sabry, respectively, will accompany the President, along with his Chief of Staff Sagala Ratnayake, sources revealed.
