From November 6-7, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena visited New Delhi on an official visit. While there, he met with President Pranab Mukherjee.
Having previously been Minister of Health, he was also a special speaker at the Seventh Session of the Conference of Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (COP7), being held in New Delhi from November 7 to 12. COP7 is a global anti-tobacco conference that is being hosted by India for the first time.