Sri Lanka, Feb. 17 -- A high-level Japanese delegation paid a courtesy call on President Anura Kumara Dissanayake this morning (17) at the Presidential Secretariat.

Discussions centred on strengthening economic cooperation and advancing plans for a Sri Lanka-Japan export-industrial corridor.

The meeting followed the President's official visit to Japan last September, during which a Memorandum of Cooperation on the proposed export-industrial corridor between Sri Lanka and Japan was signed.

The visit by the delegation was intended to convey appreciation for the invitation extended to them and for facilitating arrangements connected to that initiative.

The proposed corridor is expected to attract Japanese manufacturing investments orient...