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Sri Lankan president to pay three-day visit to Pakistan

Xinhua, April 3, 2015 Adjust font size:

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena will pay a state visit to Pakistan from April 5 to 7 at the invitation of the president and prime minister of Pakistan, officials said Friday.

This will be the first visit by the newly elected Sri Lankan president to Pakistan, who assumed office in January this year.

During the visit, Sirisena will meet with Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain, who will host a state banquet in honor of the distinguished visitor, the Pakistani foreign ministry said.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will hold official talks with Sirisena.

A number of agreements of cooperation in various fields will be signed after the talks, a foreign ministry statement said.

Pakistan's National Assembly speaker and senior ministers will call on the visiting dignitary.

Being members of the regional South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and Commonwealth, Pakistan and Sri Lanka cooperate closely and coordinate with each other on issues of common interest and regional and international concern, the Pakistani foreign ministry said. Endi