Lankan Foreign Minister to meet Modi, Swaraj tomorrow

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana, who is on a three-day visit to India, will meet Prime Minister Modi and his Indian counterpart tomorrow and discuss bilateral issues, the external affairs ministry said today.

The issue of Sri Lankan Navy arresting Indian fishermen from is likely to come up for discussion.


On September 5, released 80 Indian fishermen who were arrested for allegedly fishing illegally in the island nation's territorial waters.

Marapana's visit comes days after Swaraj's visit to to attend the 2nd Indian Ocean Conference.

Swaraj was in Colombo from August 31-September 1 and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and discussed bilateral relations.

Marapana arrived in today and will leave for Colombo on September 10.

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First Published: Fri, September 08 2017. 21:13 IST