Sri Lanka said it looks forward to working with the newly elected President of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly -Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Maldives Abdulla Shahid in the future.
“As a close neighbor and a friend of Maldives, Sri Lanka looks forward to working with you at the 76th Session of the General Assembly, with a view to furthering the interests and priorities of the Global South,” Foreign Ministry in Colombo said.
Issuing a congratulatory message, Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena noted his election as the first from the Maldives, and as only the sixth from a Small Island Developing State is a testimony to the trust and confidence placed on him by an overwhelming majority of the UN Member States, including Sri Lanka.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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