Sept 11, Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will meet Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the President's visit to India later this week.

Minister of External Affairs Prof. G.L Peiris at a press briefing said today that the President will meet his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee and the Premier on Friday (14).

The President will also participate as a special guest in a ceremony to lay foundation stone for the proposed International Buddhist University in Sanchi of Madhya Pradesh.