Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari arrived in Sri Lanka at 4.00 pm today on a four day State visit on the invitation of HE the President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
The visiting President of Pakistan was warmly welcomed by his Sri Lankan counterpart at the Colombo International Airport, where a special guard of honour was accorded to the visiting Head of the State. Senior Ministers, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Roshan Goonetileke, Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of the Navy Vice Admiral Tisara Samarasinghe and Inspector General of the Police Mr Mahinda Balasooriya were in attendance at the welcome reception at the Airport. The visiting President signed the VIP book at the Airport before he left for Colombo.
The Pakistani President will have a one on one meeting with President Mahinda Rajapaksa Sunday at the Presidential Secretariat followed by bilateral talks at delegate level. At the end of bilateral talks Sri Lanka and Pakistan will enter into some MoUs and Agreements on furthering the economic and trade relations.
Ali Zardari will attend the Business Forum and witness the signing of MoU between the two Federations of Chambers of Commerce and Industry at Hotel Hilton on Monday (29).
Pakistani President will also visit the Parliament and will have discussion with Speaker of the House.
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