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Modi meets Rajapaksa

The meeting comes ten days after a parliamentarian close to Mr. Rajapaksa called for a black flag protest around Mr. Modi's visit.

May 12, 2017 12:26 am | Updated 12:26 am IST

Meera Srinivasan
Meera Srinivasan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with former president of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa. File photo

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with former president of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa. File photo

In an apparently unscheduled, late night meeting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met former President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo on Thursday.

The meeting was at the ex-president's request,  Indian High Commisioner to Sri Lanka Taranjit Singh Sandhu told reporters here.

The meeting comes ten days after a parliamentarian close to Mr. Rajapaksa called for a black flag protest around Mr. Modi's visit. Mr. Rajapaksa has earlier blamed India for his defeat in the January 2015 presidential polls, but in a recent media interview said that he admired Mr.  Modi.

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