1.8.2008
Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh arrived in Sri
Lanka this afternoon to attend the 15th summit of the South
Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) scheduled
to be held in Colombo over the coming weekend and was warmly
welcomed by the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Ratnasiri Wickramanayake.
Dr. Singh joins leaders from Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan,
Bangladesh, Pakistan and the Maldives besides hosts Sri
Lanka for the two day summit.
At the inauguration of the Summit, India will officially
hand over the chairmanship of SAARC to Sri Lanka in Colombo. |