Bahrain PM arrives in Sri Lanka:
Several agreements to be signed
Hiran H. Senewiratne
The state visit of Bahrain Prime Minister Sheik Khalifa Bin Salman
Al- Khalifa will enhance bilateral trade and economic relationship
between the two countries, Foreign Affairs Minister Rohitha Bogollagama
said.
"We are now looking forward to enhance the relationship between the
two countries with a wide agenda to develop bilateral economic and
commercial relations, " Minister Bogollagama said following a courtesy
call on Bahrain Prime Minister Al- Khalifa at Colombo Hilton yesterday.
Bahrain Prime Minister Al-Khalifa is on a two day State visit in
response to an invitation by President Mahinda Rajapaksa. During his
short stay he will meet President Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ratnasiri
Wickramanyaka today.
He said Bahrain Prime Minister's visit initiated at a time of
defeating the LTTE by Sri Lanka, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has shown
the world that Sri Lanka is now heading for a rapid economic growth with
this achievement, he added.
Bogollagama also said that a sizeable number of Sri Lankans are in
Bahrain and are expecting to expand the human resources in the future,
which is a also the widest process of enhancing international
co-operation between the two countries.
Bahrain is also planning to support rehabilitation and reconstruction
activities in the North ,where Sri Lanka is now on a major developing
drive while healing the wounds of a three decade long war, he said.
Foreign Minister Bogollagama said that they will sign several
bilateral agreements to enhance trade and commerce between the two
countries to ensure a healthy balance of trade between both countries in
the future.
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