ISLAMABAD, March 30: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse will arrive in Islamabad on Friday (today) on a three-day state visit during which he will discuss with the top Pakistani leadership means of strengthening bilateral relations.

President Mahinda will be accompanied by a 80-member delegation on his maiden visit to Pakistan.

The Sri Lankan President will meet President Musharraf at the Aiwan-i-Sadr in the evening. The two leaders will hold a meeting after which delegation-level talks would be held.

Later, three MoUs would be signed on cultural exchanges and cooperation in education and tourism.

The two sides will also exchange the instrument of ratification on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, it is learnt.

In the evening President Musharraf will host a banquet in honour of the Sri Lankan President, his wife and members of his delegation.