Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas honoured Sri Lanka’s Ambassador Mohammed Fawzan Anver with the Star of Friendship Gold Medal in recognition of his outstanding role in strengthening relations between Palestine and Sri Lanka, and in appreciation of his support for the Palestinian freedom cause. The presentation was made at a farewell ceremony held at the the [...]

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Palestine President honours Lanka’s envoy with friendship gold medal

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Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas honoured Sri Lanka’s Ambassador Mohammed Fawzan Anver with the Star of Friendship Gold Medal in recognition of his outstanding role in strengthening relations between Palestine and Sri Lanka, and in appreciation of his support for the Palestinian freedom cause.

The presentation was made at a farewell ceremony held at the the Presidential Headquarters in Ramallah in honour of  Mr. Fawzan Anver who has completed his tenure as Sri Lanka’s ambassador in the Palestinian territories. Palestine’s Foreign Affairs Minister Dr. Riyad Al Malki and Presidential Advisor Majdi Al Khalidi were also present at the ceremony.

President Abbas thanked President Maithripala Sirisena and his government for granting a plot of land to build a new Palestinian embassy in Colombo. He also expressed his gratitude to the Sri Lanka’s President for speaking in support of the Palestinian struggle at the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York last year.

The Palestinian President also thanked Ambassador Fawzan Anver for a number of initiatives he had undertaken to strengthen political and economic cooperation between the two nations.

Mr. Abbas also noted that the number of Sri Lankan pilgrims visiting Christian and Islamic holy places in Palestine had increased in recent years. Last  year 22,000 pilgrims from Sri Lanka had visited Palestine.

Ambassador Fawan Anver thanked the Palestinian President and requested him to visit Sri Lanka to declare open the Palestine Embassy.

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