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.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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