The Joint Working Group (JWG) will particularly address the current issues of illegal migration, people smuggling and law enforcement. The JWG will be inaugurated by the two Foreign Ministers on 17thDecember and will be led by the Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa &Martin Bowles, Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship of the Government of Australia.
The visiting Foreign Minister will call on H.E. President Mahinda Rajapaksa and have discussions with Prof. G.L. Peiris, Minister of External Affairs, Basil Rajapaksa, Minister of Economic Development & Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Secretary of Defense and Urban Development. He is also scheduled to travel to the Southern Province during his stay in Sri Lanka and observe several Australian aided development projects.
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