Mr Martin Chungong Secretary General of the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) arrives in Sri Lanka today.
He arrives in the country on an invitation extended by President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
During his visit he will meet with the President, Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa among others.
Mr Chungong is the eighth Secretary General of the IPU since its foundation in 1889.
He was first elected in 2014. Of Cameroonian nationality, he is the first non-European and the first African to be IPU Secretary General.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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