title: List of state visits to Sri Lanka
text: # List of state visits to Sri Lanka
  
  This is a list of heads of state and heads of government who have visited Sri Lanka from its Independence from British.
  
  ## List
  
  | Country | Name | Title | Date | Significance |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | United Kingdom | Elizabeth II | Queen | 1981 | Opening of Victoria Reservoir |
  | China | Xi Jinping | President | 2013 | |
  | New Zealand | John Key | Prime Minister | 24- 26 January 2016 | This is the second visit of Prime Minister John Key to Sri Lanka after CHOGM summit |
  | Pakistan | Nawaz Sharif | Prime Minister | 05- 6 February 2016 | |
  | Bhutan | Tshering Tobgay | Prime Minister | 09- 12 April 2015 | |
  | Qatar | Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani | Emir | 24 March 2015 | |
  