The President of France Emmanuel Macron will visit Sri Lanka on his return from Papua New Guinea, on Friday (28) night to Saturday (29) morning, reported French Media.
Reports said that the French President will meet with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe during his brief stay.
This historic visit is the first by a French president to Sri Lanka.
The visit had not been announced in advance by the Presidency of the Republic. The Head of State must first travel to Vanuatu on Thursday (27) before going to Papua New Guinea, for visits there also historic since it is the first trip of a French president to countries Pacific Independents.
France is part of the group countries that a announced a common platform for talks among bilateral creditors to coordinate restructuring of Sri Lanka's debt.
The other countries in the group are Japan, and India.
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