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Sri Lankan president reiterates support for separate state of Palestine

June 23, 2024 admin

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe | Photo Credit: AP President Ranil Wickremesinghe on June 23 reiterated Sri Lanka’s unwavering support for a separate Palestinian state to be established “within five years.” The president also said that despite the country’s current bankrupt economy, generous public contributions collected a million dollars in response to his government’s Gaza…

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Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe effects first Cabinet reshuffle; changes Health Minister’s portfolio

October 23, 2023 admin

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on October 23 effected the first reshuffle of his Cabinet, changing the portfolios of two Ministers, amidst criticism from the Opposition that he was planning to postpone elections that are due in the cash-strapped country next year. Significantly, Health…

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Escalating tensions in Gaza under sharp focus in civil war-scarred Sri Lanka

October 18, 2023 admin

Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe. | Photo Credit: Reuters The escalating tensions in Gaza have come under sharp focus in Sri Lanka, an island nation that is struggling to get out of its own devastating civil war, nearly 15 years after it ended. While President Ranil Wickremesinghe recently called for a “four-state” solution involving Israel,…

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No international inquiry possible into 2019 Easter bombings: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe

October 7, 2023 admin

Ranil Wickremesinghe. File | Photo Credit: AP Dismissing the possibility of an international probe into the 2019 Easter terror attacks, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has reiterated that such an investigation into the incident was not permissible under the country’s law. Responding to Sunday’s editorial in the Catholic Church’s Messenger newspaper titled “An international investigation…

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