President  Fly to Qatar Today

President Maithripala Sirisena is set to leave on a official visit to Qatar from 24^th and  25^th  October.

The visit will feature the signing of three important agreements which were approved by Cabinet last week.

The main would be the agreement between Sri Lanka and Qatar on energy cooperation. Qatar, a major oil and gas producing country has shown interest in supporting oil and gas exploration activities in the country.

The President will also sign an agreement on cooperation, diplomatic training and research between the Foreign Ministry of Sri Lankan and the Foreign Ministry of Qatar.

President Sirisena will also seek to sign an agreement between Sri Lanka and Qatar on bilateral cooperation in water supply and waste management to implement such projects in the Puttalam and Ampara districts.