Natural beauty at House impresses SAARC Heads

Uditha Kumarasinghe, Irangika Range and Sandasen Marasinghe

KOTTE: Speaker W.J.M. Lokubandara yesterday stressed that world leaders who visited Parliament marvelled at the natural beauty surrounding the Parliamentary complex.

"The South Asian leaders who arrived in Sri Lanka for the SAARC Summit paid an official visit to the Parliament," he said .

"They spent a long time inside the Chamber and also viewed the natural beauty outside Parliament," Speaker Lokubandara said.

"The world leaders were astonished by the natural beauty surrounding the Parliament complex," he said.

"It is our responsibility to safeguard this kind of supreme institution," the Speaker said. SAARC leaders visited the Parliament on Sunday. The Speaker thanked Parliament staff who cooperated by reporting to work even on their holiday.

"It is a great victory for us to successfully hold the 15th SAARC Summit in a country like Sri Lanka which is to the threatened with terrorism," he added.