President off to India tomorrow [November 09 2008]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa is scheduled to leave for New Delhi, India tomorrow. During his three-day stay in the Indian capital, President Rajapaksa will attend the second summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) which will be held on November 11 and 12 in New Delhi.

The President will also hold one on one talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the current developments in Sri Lanka, the Security Forces' battle against terrorism and the APRC proposals to offer a political solution to people living in the North and East.