PM Modi departs from Mauritius; heads to Lanka

March 13, 2015 00:26

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight left the Mauritian capital for his historic visit to Sri Lanka, the final stop of his three-nation tour of Indian Ocean island nations.

Modi, who will be the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Lanka in 28 years, will tomorrow hold summit talks with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, who was in India last month on his first foreign trip after assuming office in January.

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