President Mahinda Rajapaksa will lead the Sri Lanka delegation to the United Nations next month. Some of Sri Lanka’s leaders in the business and industry sector will accompany him. They are to hold talks with their counterparts in the United States to promote trade and investment in Sri Lanka. Mr. Rajapaksa will also make private visits to Mexico and Germany during this tour.

Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao is scheduled to arrive in Colombo tomorrow to view the progress of resettlement of war-displaced people in the north and discuss utilisation of Indian aid. Indian Foreign Minister S M Krishna is likely to visit Sri Lanka in October.