Sri Lanka President leaves for Jordan to attend G-11 summit

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* Sri Lanka President leaves for Jordan to attend G-11 summit
Thursday, May 17, 2007, 14:27 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.

May 17, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa left for Jordan today on an official tour to attend the second G-11 Summit as well as the World Economic Forum (WEF) on the Middle East.

A delegation of 125 businessmen and Ministers including Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama also joined the President today in a special Mihin Air flight to Jordan.

The President will participate in the World Economic Forum on the Middle East World Economic Forum to be held in the King Hussein Conference Centre tomorrow. King Abdullah of Jordan will host the event from May 18-20 at the Dead Sea.

The President will also address the conference of the G-11 countries. President Rajapaksa will have bilateral talks with Jordan King Abdulla and other Arab leaders. Several agreements on bilateral economic corporation, especially related to the migrant labor market are also to be signed.

President also participated in the inaugural one-day G-11 summit hosted by King Abdullah in New York last year which brought together 11 countries to officially launch a forum for cooperation and knowledge-sharing among Lower-Middle Income Countries.

The Second Summit of G-11 countries will focus on intensifying cooperation to advance the interests in the global economic, investment and trade spheres as well as to pursue a clear, targeted and result-oriented partnership with the developed or G-8 countries.

In addition to Sri Lanka the G-11 group includes Pakistan, Jordan, Indonesia, Morocco, Georgia, Croatia, El-Salvador, Ecuador, Honduras and Paraguay.

Following the meetings Sri Lanka President will leave for Kuwait on an official tour on 20th. He is to return to the country on 22nd.