Sri Lanka, Sept. 29 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has met with the Prime Minister of Japan, Ishiba Shigeru in Tokyo today (29), during his official visit to Japan.

The President is currently in Japan on an official three-day visit.

During the meeting, both leaders reaffirmed their intention to further deepen and expand cooperation, including inter alia in the areas of security, economy, investment, and development cooperation, under the framework of the deepened and expanded Comprehensive Partnership established between the two countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

Prime Minister Ishiba commended the trajectory of recovery of the Sri Lankan economy through the steady implementation of the International...