President leaves for New York
President Maithripala Sirisena left for New York today (Sep. 23) to attend the 70th United Nations’ General Assembly (UNGA) Sessions.
He is scheduled to deliver a special address at the General Debate of the 70th UNGA.
The President will have bilateral meetings with several leaders including Prime Minister of Malta Dr Joseph Muscat, Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key, and Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull during the summit.
He also will meet the President of ICRC; Peter Maurer, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, the Executive Director of Human Rights Watch; Mr. Kenneth Roth, as well as the Administrator of the UNDP; Helen Clark.
External Affairs Minister Mangala Samaraweera, Minister of Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Hindu Affairs D.M. Swaminathan, Minister of Justice and Buddha Sasana Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe and Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training Mahinda Samarasinghe are accompanying the President.
(President’s Media)
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Why did he knowingly fall in to the trap of providing propaganda material to his political opponents by taking his teenage brat with him. Typical behavior of Srilankan politicians in power. It is alright if he went at his own expense but it does not give him the right to sit with official delegation at the UN Assembly. Ranil & co are too decent to to behave like this as demonstrated by his wife recently arriving late for a function and opting to sit with the general audience in the back rows. I wish UNP & Allies had an outright victory at the recent election. Most of the Deputy Ministers seem to be recycled garbage from the thug MR’s camp. May god save mother Lanka.