Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake of Sri Lanka Visits Israel

Prime Minister, Ratnasiri Wickramanayake of Sri Lanka is now on a historic visit to Israel; the first ever visit to the country by a Sri Lankan premier.

Prime Minister Wickramanayake is scheduled to conduct a tour of Jerusalem today (24th) and is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and President Shimon Peres. He will also travel to the West Bank for talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

Meanwhile, sources from Prime Minister Office told www.news.lk that the Prime Minister will also enter into a bilateral agreement with the Israel government on matters pertaining to education, culture and trade.

The Prime Minister is scheduled to return to Sri Lanka on the 29th of March.

Source: Government of Sri Lanka

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