{"id":4968,"date":"2021-02-20T12:24:45","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T12:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=4968"},"modified":"2021-02-20T12:24:45","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T12:24:45","slug":"pm-khan-looking-forward-to-strengthening-friendship-with-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/20\/pm-khan-looking-forward-to-strengthening-friendship-with-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Khan looking forward to \u2018strengthening friendship\u2019 with Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Imran Khan will fly to Sri Lanka on February 23 on his maiden visit. He will be there for two days.<\/p>\n<p>The premier thanked Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa for inviting him, adding that he is looking forward to the visit.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"cw\" align=\"left\">\n<p>PM Khan will be accompanied by a high-level delegation, including members of the Federal Cabinet and senior officials, said a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4970\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/imran-khan-sri-lanka-trip-PM-Khan-looking-forward-to-strengthening-friendship-with-Sri-Lanka-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapidnews.jpg\" alt=\"imran-khan-sri-lanka-trip-PM-Khan-looking-forward-to-strengthening-friendship-with-Sri-Lanka-rapid-news-rapidnews\" width=\"730\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/imran-khan-sri-lanka-trip-PM-Khan-looking-forward-to-strengthening-friendship-with-Sri-Lanka-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapidnews.jpg 730w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/imran-khan-sri-lanka-trip-PM-Khan-looking-forward-to-strengthening-friendship-with-Sri-Lanka-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapidnews-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During the visit, the PM will hold meetings with Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and Prime Minister Rajapaksa. They are expected to discuss strategies to increase trade and investment between the two countries. They will discuss also discuss cooperating on health and education, agriculture and science, defence and security, and culture and tourism.<\/p>\n<p>The reconstitution of the Sri Lanka-Pakistan Parliamentary Friendship Association will be also announced during the trip.<\/p>\n<p>PM Khan will also participate in a joint \u2018Trade and Investment Conference\u2019 aimed at promoting trade and investment between the two countries, according to MOFA.<\/p>\n<p>It was reported that the Sri Lankan\u00a0government has cancelled Prime Minister Khan\u2019s planned address to its parliament next week.<\/p>\n<p>The Pakistan PM\u2019s address to the parliament was cancelled due to his \u201ctight schedule,\u201d Sri Lankan parliament\u2019s head of communication\u00a0Shan Wijetunge\u00a0told\u00a0Arab News.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Imran Khan will fly to Sri Lanka on February 23 on his maiden<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PM Khan looking forward to \u2018strengthening friendship\u2019 with Sri Lanka<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Prime Minister Imran Khan will fly to Sri Lanka on February 23 on his maiden visit. 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