Vice President C P Radhakrishnan will be on a two-day visit to Sri Lanka from the 19th of this month. This will be the first bilateral visit by the Vice President to Sri Lanka. During his visit, Mr Radhakrishnan will call on the President of Sri Lanka, Anura Kumara Disanayaka. He will also meet Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Dr Harini Amarasuriya, as well as other dignitaries and Indian diaspora leaders.

Sri Lanka is a key partner in India’s Vision MAHASAGAR as well as its Neighbourhood First Policy. The visit of the Vice President to Sri Lanka follows recent high-level engagements between the two nations and will further reinforce the millenia-old people-to-people ties that bind India and Sri Lanka.