The Sri Lankan president and his wife arrived in Japan on Tuesday as part of a four day official visit, accompanied by Minister of External Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris, Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management Nimal Siripala de Silva, Monitoring MP for Ministry of External Affairs Sajin de Vaas Gunawardena, Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga and Governor of Central Bank Ajith Nivard Cabraal.
They were received by Minoru Kiuchi, the Parliamentary Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Retired Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda, Sri Lankan Ambassador in Japan and Nobuhito Hobo, Japanese Ambassador in Sri Lanka.
Engagements include the inaugral meeting of Sri Lankan Business Forum, a breakfast meeting hosted by Sri Lanka for leaders of Japan's corprate and industry sectors, lunch with the Emperor and Empress of Japan at the Imperial Palace and a number of bilateral meetings with Japanese ministers and officials.
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