Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram paid a courtesy call on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees yesterday.
President Rajapaksa and Minister Chidambaram had a lengthy discussion to further consolidate the existing bilateral links between Sri Lanka and India in the spheres of trade, social and economic activities.
Minister Chidambaram was in Sri Lanka as the Keynote speaker at former Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar’s second commemoration ceremony held under the auspices of the Lakshman Kadirgamar Foundation, at the BMICH yesterday.
Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagamma, Indian High Commissioner Alok Prasad, Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga and Finance Ministry Secretary Dr. P. B. Jayasundera also participated in the discussions.
The Inaugural Lakshman Kadirgamar Memorial Lecture was delivered by President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Dr Karan Singh in 2006.
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