Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is due to address the Indian Ocean conference which begins in Hanoi, Vietnam today (August 27th).The conference themed “Building Regional Architectures” will be held on August 27 and 28. Prime Minister Wickremesinghe’s address is due at 4.30 p.m. (Sri Lanka time) on August 27.
The conference is aimed at promoting strategic co-operation and trade ties between countries, consolidating security frameworks and administrative processes and contributing to maintaining regional peace stability, development and connectivity.
State leaders, Ministers and Parliamentarians, diplomats, intellectuals of various fields, officials and various professionals from member countries will attend this conference, initiated jointly by Singapore, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
The Sri Lankan delgation to the conference also includes Youth Affairs, Enterprise Management and Southern Development Minister Sagala Ratnayaka, Secretary to the Prime Minister Saman Ekanayake, Additional Secretary to the Prime Minister Saman.
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.
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