Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg who is presently in Sri Lanka on a private visit, will have an official programme at the invitation of the Government on Friday and Saturday, the Foreign Ministry announced.

Prime Minister Erna Solberg was received at the Presidential Secretariat on Saturday and accorded a guard of honour and gun salute, following which she held bilateral discussions with President Maithripala Sirisena.

The Foreign Ministry said Prime Minister Solberg would also meet Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera and Leader of the Opposition R. Sampanthan.

Friday evening, Prime Minister Solberg delivered the 2016 Lakshman Kadirgamar Memorial Lecture at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies, at the invitation of the Chairperson and Board of the Institute. This Lecture will be for invited guests.

On Saturday August, Prime Minister Solberg visited a Fisheries Harbour project in Mirissa and meet representatives of a Harbour development committee.