Three top leaders of National Freedom Front including Deputy leader Weerakumara Dissanayake, NFF National Organizer Piyasiri Wijeynayake and its member of North-Central Provincial Council P. B. Kumara joined the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) yesterday, Presidential Secretarait said.
They received the letters of SLFP membership from President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat. The three new SLFP members pledged their support to the programme carried out by the President to develop the country and ensured their support to the SLFP in the forthcoming elections.
The United States has told Sri Lanka that the disposition of the Iranian naval vessel IRIS Bushehr and its crew is a matter for Colombo to resolve under its own laws and international obligations, while signalling it is in active talks with Sri Lanka to contain Iran’s threat to US interests.
The government today granted permission for an Iranian warship with 208 on board to enter the country.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism today established a 24x7 Emergency Response Unit to coordinate matters related to the ongoing situation in the Middle East.
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