COLOMBO: Indian Minister of State for Commerce Nirmala Sitharaman, who was scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka for a short visit at the invitation of Minister of International Trade Malik Samarawickrama has cancelled her visit.
Sources said on Saturday that the visit has been cancelled citing pressing engagements in New Delhi.
Her visit which was to be on August 25 was meant to reciprocate the visits to New Delhi of her Sri Lankan counterpart Malik Samarawickrama, where she had also planned to meet President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Published in Dawn, August 28th, 2016
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