: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday arrived in Colombo to extend a formal invitation to the newly-elected Sri Lankan president to visit Pakistan on behalf of President Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan, officials here said. “Qureshi will not only meet his Sri Lankan counterpart but also call on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today (Monday),” officials added. Mahinda remained Sri Lankan president from 2005 to 2015. The day Gotabaya won the polls, India dispatched its foreign minister to Sri Lanka to invite the new president. Although, he did not say but the letters were carrying formal invitation to the Sri Lankan president to visit Pakistan.

Source: The Express Tribune December 01, 2019 17:00 UTC