Lanka prez meets visiting Pak foreign secretary

Press Trust of India  |  Colombo 

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena today visiting Pakistani Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua as part of bilateral political talks between the two nations.

Janjua is on a two-day visit here to take part in the fifth round of bilateral consultations between and The fourth round of talks was held in 2014 in


"Glad to meet the Pakistani Foreign Secretary. Look forward to further consolidate the relationship between the two countries," a tweet from Sirisena said.

She is also due to call on Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe and Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana.

Janjua also her Sri Lankan counterpart Prasad Kariyawasam for consultations, the foreign ministry here said.

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First Published: Tue, October 17 2017. 21:02 IST