Sharma will also meet Vice President Hamid Ansari, Minister of External Affairs SM Krishna and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal, Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi and National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon, besides other leaders and ministers.
During his weeklong visit, the Secretary-General will discuss priorities for the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Perth in October, the reform of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) as well as the recommendations of the Eminent Persons Group.
Sharma will also visit Singapore and New Zealand to apprise the leaders in these two countries about the upcoming CHOGM summit in Perth, Australia from October 28-30.
Sharma will also brief leaders on the September meetings of the Commonwealth Foreign Ministers in New York and the Commonwealth Finance Ministers in Washington DC.
He will also confer with them on regional and international issues of mutual concern.