Vatican city: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has extended an invitation to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV to undertake an official visit to Sri Lanka.

According to News.LK, the official letter of invitation was handed over yesterday at the Vatican by Minister Bimal Rathnayake, who is currently on an official visit to Italy. The letter was presented during a meeting with Monsignor Mihai?a Blaj, Under-Secretary for Relations with States.