Sri Lanka is set to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) at a ceremony that will take place pertaining to the related treaty alongside the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers green-lit the signing of the treaty yesterday (September 11) following the proposal tabled by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry.
In 2021, the Cabinet gave the go-ahead to execute the necessary steps concerning the entry to the treaty upon a proposal which was presented by the former Minister of Foreign Affairs G.L. Peiris in an effort to make Sri Lanka a part of the accord.
The 78th session of the UNGA is all set to be held from September 19-23 and on September 26.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to vacate his official residence at Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo this morning, a Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) source said.
The Presidents’ Entitlements (Repeal) Bill was passed by a majority of 150 in parliament today. However the opposition MP’s were absent during the voting.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake today warned that Ceylon Electricity Board Employees would have to make a choice in the next two months.
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