Krishan Kant meets Chandrika

Nirupama Subramanian

COLOMBO, OCT. 14. The Vice-President of India, Mr. Krishan Kant, who led a 15-member delegation to the funeral of late Srimavo Bandarnaike, later met and held discussions with the Sri Lankan President, Mrs. Chandrika Kumaratunga.

The discussions, lasting over half-an-hour, revolved around bilateral ties, a statement from the Indian High Commission here said.

``The Vice-President paid rich tributes to the vision of social unity which President, Mrs. Chandrika Kumaratunga, has been working for. He also linked India's Independence struggle and ethos of pluralism with the initiatives being taken for social cohesion in Sri Lanka,'' the statement added.

Mr. Kant, who arrived this morning, returned to India late tonight after attending the funeral at the Bandaranaikes' ancestral home in Horagolla, 40 km from here.

Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Section  : Front Page
Previous : Dawood aide escapes