President Mahinda Rajapaksa
held talks with peoples’ representatives from Welioya
Ethawetunuwewa at Temple Trees last morning. Ven. Polonnaruwe
Thilakalankara Thera, Ven. Ranawana Damminda Thera of the
Udumbara Viharaya at Ethawetunuwewa, Ministers Tissa
Karaliyadda and S.M. Chandrasena, Deputy Minister Duminda
Dissanayake, North Central Province Chief Minister Berty
Premalal Dissanayake, Secretary to the President Lalith
Weeratunga, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and Treasury
Secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundara were also present. Picture
by Sudath Silva
Indo-Lanka ties flourishing - PM
Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake yesterday
told Parliament that the Government has not taken any action that
will damage the longstanding friendly relationship between Sri Lanka
and India.