Mahinda Rajapaksa sibling as special envoy to India on Sri Lanka's 13A
Sri Lanka will send President Mahinda Rajapaksa's younger brother Basil Rajapaksa to Delhi to hold talks with Indian leadership over its controversial plan to tinker with the India-moved thirteenth amendment (13A), government sources today said.
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will send President Mahinda Rajapaksa's younger brother Basil Rajapaksa to Delhi to hold talks with Indian leadership over its controversial plan to tinker with the India-moved thirteenth amendment (13A), government sources today said.
Basil Rajapaksa, the minister of economic development and the key political advisor to his brother, would leave Colombo on July 4.
India, Sri Lanka target $10bn bilateral trade in next 3 yearsBasil Rajapaksa, the minister of economic development and the key political advisor to his brother, would leave Colombo on July 4.
India, Sri Lanka seek to double bilateral trade volume.
COLOMBO: India and Sri Lanka have agreed to take steps to double their bilateral trade to $10 billion in the next three years.
During the talks between Indian and Sri Lankan officials held on June 24-25 in Colombo, both the sides deliberated on ways to enhance trade and investments between the two countries.
