Sri Lanka, June 4 -- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence of Australia Richard Marles has concluded his official visit to Sri Lanka and departed to India.

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles and a 15-member delegation arrived in the island on Monday (02).

During the visit, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence of Australia paid courtesy calls on President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Vijitha Herath.

The courtesy calls on the President and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism focused on strengthening the longstanding bilateral relationship between Australia and Sri Lanka in several areas including in the political, economic, an...