Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan has arrived at Colombo in Sri Lanka for a two-day official visit. During the visit, the Vice President is scheduled to call on Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and hold talks with Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya.

He will also interact with leaders of the Indian-origin Tamil Community and Tamil Leaders from the Northern and Eastern regions of Sri Lanka. In Colombo, the Vice President will address the Indian diaspora and virtually hand over homes built under India’s housing initiative, taking the total to 50,000, with more underway. On the second day, he travels to Nuwara Eliya to visit project sites and interact with local communities. The visit is expected to further deepen longstanding cultural and people-to-people ties between the two countries.