President to address Oxford Union

COLOMBO: President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to address the Oxford Union today on the invitation of the Oxford Union and the Sri Lanka Society of Oxford University, states a President’s Media Unit press release.

The topic of his address will be the “Strategy towards Empowering the Rural Economy of Sri Lanka”. President Rajapaksa will be the first Head of State of Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan statesman who has not previously held office in the Oxford Union to address it as a guest speaker.

The last distinguished Sri Lankan who addressed the Oxford Union was former Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar.