Himal Press 
KATHMANDU: Sri Lankan Foreign Minister M U M Ali Sabry paid a courtesy call on President Ram Chandra Poudel at the Office of the President on Friday.
During the meeting, President Poudel underlined the need to strengthen cultural relations between Nepal and Sri Lanka. He also mentioned that the then Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa had said that Lumbini would become a cultural destination of the world during his visit to Nepal.
On this occasion, Foreign Minister Sabry expressed the view that it is necessary to further strengthen cultural relations and increase the possibility of investment between the two countries, according to Kiran Pokharel, the press advisor to the President.
Sabry is in Nepal on a four-day visit to participate in the first meeting of the Nepal-Sri Lanka Joint Commission.
