New Delhi: A government statement released late on Friday night claimed that Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's planned two-day travel to Sri Lanka beginning on September 2 had been postponed owing to unforeseen circumstances.
The defence ministry released a press release earlier in the day detailing Singh's upcoming travel to Sri Lanka on September 2 and 3.
"Due to unavoidable circumstances, the visit of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to Sri Lanka stands deferred to a later date," the ministry stated in a new statement.—Inputs from Agencies