Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit former LTTE-stronghold Jaffna in Sri Lanka'sTamil-dominated north and address the Parliament in New Delhi during his three-day visit to the country next week.   

"The Indian prime minister will visit Jaffna and later address the Sri Lankan parliament too," Sri Lankan Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne told reporters today.   

Modi will be the first Indian prime minister and the second head of state after Britain's Premier David Cameron to visit Jaffna. Cameron visited Jaffna in November 2013.   

India has undertaken infrastructure development projectsincluding building of 50,000 homes in former conflict zones.    Modi will also be the fourth Indian Premier afterJawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Morarji Desai to addressthe Sri Lankan Parliament. The last time an Indian PrimeMinister addressed the Sri Lankan Parliament was in 1979 whenthen Premier Desai visited the country.