Colombo: The Sri Lankan government on Monday expressed confidence that the trust vote on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government in India "will not have any impact on the schedule of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit", scheduled to open in Colombo on August 2.

Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama on Monday said,"We deal with the states of the SAARC forum and all states have governments, whether it is interim or otherwise. Irrespective of what happens in India on 22 July (to the Manmohan Singh government), the head of state of India will attend the upcoming SAARC summit."

Minister Bogollagama made the remarks while responding to a question whether Sri Lanka was concerned about the survival of the Congress-led coalition government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, which is facing a major political crisis in terms of a crucial confident vote in parliament on 22 July.

"It (the outcome of the trust vote) has no relevance to the conduct of 15th South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit here in Colombo," Minister Bogollagama added.

He said all the arrangements have been finalised to host the summit, which would be covered by hundreds of journalists around the globe. Minister said he was "totally unaware" of media reports that Indian naval ships and war planes would arrive in Sri Lanka to give protection to the visiting Indian prime minister and his delegation. He, however, said that it is customary that any head of state take or bring his or her security when undertaking foreign trips.(IANS)