Indian External Affairs Minister to tour Sri Lanka [October 20 2008]

Indian government has decided to send External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukerjee to Colombo to discuss the issue of Tamils. "The visit of the external affairs minister is under consideration. Dates are being finalised," Indian sources said.

Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollgama had invited Mukherjee "to undertake a visit to Sri Lanka at an early date", said a statement issued in Colombo after the telephonic conversation between Manmohan Singh and President Mahinda Rajapaksa.