India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Sri Lanka in May 2017, claimed Sri Lankan Health Minister and Cabinet spokesperson Rajitha Senaratne.
The trip to the island will be Mr Modi’s second visit, since he arrived in March 2015, where he also toured the Tamil North-East and met with Northern Province Chief Minister C V Wigneswaran.
Mr Senaratne made the announcement as he met with India’s health minister J P Nadda at a yoga session in Colombo on Wednesday.
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