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Japan’s Internal Affairs and Communications Minister due

Saturday, 27 July 2013 00:12 -     - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

Japan’s Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, Yoshitaka Shindo will arrive in Sri Lanka on Sunday, 28 July, the Embassy of Japan in Colombo announced today. His visit will be a follow-up to the visit of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to Tokyo in March and the visit of Deputy Prime Minister of Japan and Parliamentary Senior Vice Minister of Finance, Taro Aso in May this year. During his visit Shindo will call on President Rajapaksa to discuss bilateral relations with a view to further strengthening the long-standing ties between the two countries. He will also pay courtesy calls on his counterpart Minister of Mass Media and Information Keheliya Rambukwella, and Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa.

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