Indian FM due in October

Nirupama Rao's visit to the island this week will be a precursor to the State visit of Foreign Minister S. M. Krishna in October, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said yesterday.

He said the Indian Foreign Minister will be here in the latter part of October to attend the Indo-Sri Lanka joint commission meeting.

Mrs. Rao will arrive in the country on Monday and undertake a visit to the IDP camps and Indian funded projects in Jaffna, Vavuniya and Kilinochchi on Tuesday.

The Foreign Secretary is expected to visit Trincomalee on Wednesday. She will hold a bilateral meeting with the Foreign Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris early Thursday and is scheduled to meet President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees prior to her departure on the same afternoon. -MF