After 28 years, Sri Lanka gives a warm welcome to PM Modi
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• March 13, 2015, 17:03:18 IST
After 28 years, Sri Lanka gives a warm welcome to PM Modi
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Sri Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe upon his arrival at the airport in Colombo on Friday. PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena arrive for delegation level talks in Colombo on Friday. PTI
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Narendra Modi became the first Indian Prime Minister to visit the island-nation after a hiatus of 28 years. In 1987, the then PM Rajiv Gandhi visited Sri Lanka when a navy personnel hit him with the rifle butt. PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena during his ceremonial welcome in Colombo on Friday. PTI
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