Sirisena arrives in Japan

The Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena arrived in Japan on Thursday morning to attend the G-7 Outreach Summit in Ise-Shima, an island off southern Japan.

Mr Sirisena was received by Japan's minister of state for foreign affairs, Hideaki Oomura, and Sri Lanka's ambassador to Tokyo, Ganganath Dissanayake.

According to the government's offical news site, bilateral discussions between Japan and Sri Lanka will take place on the side lines, regarding "long term and short term projects".

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