President Maithripala Sirisena left for an official visit of Germany and Austria this morning.

During his trip, Sirisena is to meet the leaders of the two countries and participate in a German-Sri Lanka Business Forum in Germany.

The forum will be held on February 18.

Five bilateral agreements are also in the agenda to be signed between Sri Lanka and Germany.

Ministers Malik Samarawickrema, Mangala Samaraweera, Mahinda Samarasinghe and Daya Gamage are also part of the delegation.