Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa in Delhi, to meet PM Modi

New Delhi : Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa, who arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday, is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior ministers over the next two days.

He is likely to seek crucial economic assistance from India by way of investments and enhanced tourist exchanges, official sources in Colombo indicated, reported The Hindu.

This is his first official visit abroad since President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, appointed him as Finance Minister in July .