Rajapaksa thanks PM for attending CHOGM
Tuesday, 28 January 2014
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has highly appreciated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her participation and active role in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) held in Colombo in November last.
Rajapaksa conveyed his appreciation to Sheikh Hasina through Sri Lankan High Commissioner in Dhaka WA Sarath K Weragoda on Tuesday. Weragoda met Sheikh Hasina at her office, according to a news agency.
During the meeting, the Prime Minister expressed her satisfaction over the existing friendly relations between the two countries that is based on historical ties and commonalities on culture, belief and values, and hoped that it would be further strengthened in the coming days.
The PM’s press secretary Abul Kalam Azad briefed reporters after the meeting.
Hasina termed the end to arms conflict in Sri Lanka as a welcome development not only for the island-country but also for the entire region.
The Sri Lankan envoy handed over a CD on the CHOGM Colombo conference to the Prime Minister.