Oct 05, Colombo: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka, Palestine Media Center reported today.

Abbas will be visiting Sri Lanka on October 09 as a par of an Asian tour that will take him to Syria and India also. According to his spokesman, Nabil Abu Rdeina Palestinian leader is expected to have talks with President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Before coming to Sri Lanka Abbas will be in India from October 6-9 and he heads to Syria on October 12 for talks with Syrian President Bashar el-Assad.