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by Bharatha Malawaraarachchi and Ranil Wijayapala People's Alliance Parliamentarian V.Puthrasigamani yesterday abandoned
his party and sat with the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) opposition in
Parliament over the President's failure to halt today's PA protest
campaign coinciding with the Hindu Deepavali festival.
Ties with India strengthened thanks to Gamini Dissanayake, says PM by Ariyaratne Ganegoda Sri Lanka was able to strengthen ties with India soon after the UNP
government came into power in 2001 because of the far-sighted strategies
of late Gamini Dissanayake, said Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. PM replies Opposition allegations regarding UN speech by Ranil Wijayapala and Bharatha Malawaraarachchi Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday defended certain remarks
made by him at the 58th United Nations General Assembly saying that what
he had focused was on "reforms" which are imperative to make the
UN more effective and dynamic. Defence pact agreed in principle: Tyronne by Bharatha Malavaraarachchi and Ranil Wijayapala Foreign Minister Tyronne Fernando told Parliament yesterday that a
defence cooperation pact was agreed to in principle between Sri Lanka and
India. "This will cover areas of co-operation such as training,
procurement, consultation etc. This is not a mutual defence pact,"
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