Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong will arrive in Sri Lanka today on a three day official visit at the invitation of President Maithripala Sirisena.
The Singaporean Premier will be received at the Presidential Secretariat on the morning of January 23 with an official Guard of Honour and gun salute that will be followed by official bilateral discussions with President Maithripala Sirisena.
A Free Trade Agreement between Sri Lanka and Singapore will be signed following bilateral talks, the Foriegn Affairs Ministry said in a statement.
During the visit, Prime Minister Lee will also meet Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and discuss economic, trade and investment cooperation between the two countries.
The visiting Prime Minister is scheduled to attend a Business Forum in which leading businesspersons and investors from both Singapore and Sri Lanka will be present.
Sri Lanka and Singapore established diplomatic relations in 1979 and enjoy a strong and robust bilateral relationship that has been built on mutual understanding, respect and people-to-people contacts. An official visit of a Singaporean Prime Minister to Sri Lanka takes place after 13 years.
Meanwhile Traffic on several roads around Colombo will be restricted today in view of Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s visit to Sri Lanka. According to the Police, the Prime Minister will travel from the Bandaranaike International Airport to the Shangri La Hotel in Colombo at 4.20 p.m. during which time the following roads will be restricted to traffic:
Roads extending from the Kelani Bridge, Baseline road, Bandaranaike junction, Orugodawatta, Ingram junction, Borella junction, D.S. Senanayake junction, and Horton Place will be closed at the time the Prime Minister’s motorcade passes through.
Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Flower Road and Galle Road up to the Shangri La Hotel will also face road closures during these times.
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