Rajnath Singh set for 3-day Sri Lanka visit, first by an Indian Defence Minister in 38 years

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will undertake an official visit to Sri Lanka from September 8 to 10, marking the first such visit by an Indian Defence Minister to the island nation in 38 years.

Mr. Singh will hold consultations with Sri Lanka’s top leadership on a range of bilateral, regional and defence-related issues, and also interact with members of the Indian diaspora in Colombo.

The last Indian Defence Minister to visit Sri Lanka was K.C. Pant, who travelled to the country in 1988 while serving in Rajiv Gandhi’s Cabinet.