October 12, 2010 9:05 PM

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Rajapaksa to be guest of honour at CWG closing ceremony

Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa is to be the guest of honour at the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi on October 14.Joining him at the closing ceremony will be the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister GL Peiris. Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary Romesh Jayasinghe will also be present on the occasion. During his visit , Sri Lankan President is scheduled meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for bilateral talks between the two countries. He is also expected to meet the Home Minister P Chidambaram. This is his second visit to India this year. Rajapaksa was in New Delhi on an official visit in June this year. G.L.Peires is scheduled to have meetings with external affairs minister SM Krishna, Home Minister P Chidambaram, minister of overseas Indian affairs Vayalar Ravi, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma and Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal.External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna is scheduled to arrive on an official visit to the island nation in the last week of October. Besides holding discussions with his interlocutors on the process of re-settlement of the nearly three lakh displaced Tamil civilians, the Minister is scheduled to visit the areas in north formerly under the control of the LTTE for a first hand knowledge of the re-settlement and utilisation of Indian funds meant for the displaced.

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