Lanka & Pakistan to include services in trade pact

A Pakistan-Sri Lanka friendship anthem prepared by the Pakistan High Commission in Colombo was also launched on the occasion.

Sri Lanka is likely to buy JF-17 thunder from Pakistan but India has threatened her not to go for this move it will not be good in favor of India, Sri Lanka ties. Gen. (retd) Syed Shakil Hussain and senior officials of the Sri Lankan government were present at the airport.

He said Pakistan desired to enhance its maritime relations with Sri Lanka and looked forward for increased engagements between the two armed forces. This has led to the formation of Quetta Alumni Association which hosted a reception for Gen Raheel Sharif when he visited Sri Lanka in June.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday condemned the terrorist attack at the Pathankot air base in India, and took note of the telephonic discussion between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on the issue.

“We have also signed a number of Agreements and MoUs today, which would help promote cooperation between our two countries in the fields Trade promotion, Culture, Health, Gem and Jewellery, Science & Technology and Combating Money Laundering and Terror Financing”, Sharif said at the official ceremony to welcome him by Sirisena. Two children clad in traditional dresses presented bouquets to Mr Sharif and Begum Kalsoom. The visiting Prime Minister will be accorded a ceremonial welcome including a Gun Salute and Guard of honour.

Later during his trip, PM Nawaz will deliver a special lecture to parliamentarians, ministers and members of diplomatic corps on the invitation of the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies. He said that his visit was reflective of close relationship between the two sides. He will pay homage to the Sacred Tooth Relic, and will also visit a Muslim Mosque and the Jinnah Centre in Kandy. Their diplomatic relations were established in 1948.