Singh accepts Rajapaksa's invitation to visit Lanka

Colombo, June 11 (PTI) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh has accepted Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's
invitation to visit Sri Lanka, officials said here Saturday.
Indian National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon,
who along with Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and Defence
Secretary Pradeep Kumar called on the Sri Lankan President,
handed over a letter of acceptance of Rajapaksa'a offer by
Prime Minister Singh, said Bandula Jayasekera, the Sri Lankan
presidential spokesman.
However, it was not known when the Prime Minister's
visit here would take place.
Singh had last visited Colombo in August 2008 for the
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
summit hosted by Sri Lanka.
Details of other bilateral issues discussed between
the two sides were not disclosed by the officials.
The top Indian officials' visit here came against the
backdrop of a resolution adopted by the Tamil Nadu state
assembly, calling for economic sanctions against Sri Lanka.
Ahead of the two-day visit which began Friday, Menon
called on south Indian state Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J
Jayalalithaa in Chennai and is understood to have apprised her
on the Centre's action on mitigating sufferings of Sri Lankan
Tamils.
The Indian officials also met Sri Lankan Foreign
Minister G L Peiris Friday. No details of the closed-door
meeting was released by either side.