Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Rahul Gandhi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi met Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe here on Friday and they are learnt to have discussed issues of cooperation between the two countries.
Former Union minister Anand Sharma and some Sri Lankan officials were also present during the meeting.
After the meeting with Wickremesinghe, Rahul Gandhi said India and Sri Lanka are closer both historically and culturally.
"The meeting with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe of Sri Lanka was good," the Congress president wrote on Facebook.
Wickremesinghe arrived here Thursday on a three-day visit with an aim to boost ties in a range of areas including trade and investment and maritime security.
Wickremesinghe and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold wide-ranging talks on Saturday.
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