India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, is scheduled to visit Jaffna during a visit to Sri Lanka next month, reported The Hindu on Tuesday.
The visit, which coincides with the UN Human Rights Council's 28th session, will follow a visit by the new Sri Lankan president, Maithripala Sirisena to India later this month.
Following the election victory of Mr Sirisena, Sri Lanka’s external affairs minister Mangala Samaraweera visited Delhi and met with his counterpart Sushma Swaraj and Prime Minister Modi.
Both countries pledged to strengthen ties between them during the talks, which focused on a range of issues, including political and economic cooperation, the repatriation of Tamil refugees and the fishermen dispute.
Ms Swaraj urged the minister to ensure the “political reconciliation” of Sri Lanka’s Tamil population, in what were the first talks between the two governments since Sri Lanka’s presidential elections.
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The visit, which coincides with the UN Human Rights Council's 28th session, will follow a visit by the new Sri Lankan president, Maithripala Sirisena to India later this month.
Following the election victory of Mr Sirisena, Sri Lanka’s external affairs minister Mangala Samaraweera visited Delhi and met with his counterpart Sushma Swaraj and Prime Minister Modi.
Both countries pledged to strengthen ties between them during the talks, which focused on a range of issues, including political and economic cooperation, the repatriation of Tamil refugees and the fishermen dispute.
Ms Swaraj urged the minister to ensure the “political reconciliation” of Sri Lanka’s Tamil population, in what were the first talks between the two governments since Sri Lanka’s presidential elections.
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