Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday flown down to Jaffna, becoming the first Indian prime minister and only the second foreign leader after British Prime Minister David Cameron to visit Sri Lanka`s war-ravaged northern Tamil heartland. The Prime Minister hands over houses under Ilavalai North-West housing project in Jaffna and also laid the foundation stone of the Jaffna Cultural Centre.
“Laid the foundation stone of the Jaffna Cultural Centre,” Modi tweeted along with a picture.
Modi flew in Jaffna by an IAF chopper after brief visits to the holy town of Anuradhapura where he offered prayers at the sacred Mahabodhi tree and Talaimannar, where he flagged off Talaimannar-Medawachchiya sector of the train service to Colombo.
Modi had earlier on Friday called for regional integration and cooperation, adding that barriers of boundaries inhibit progress and international partnerships give it speed.
The Prime Minister is in Sri Lanka on the third and final leg of his five-day three-nation tour and is the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Sri Lanka in 28 years.
