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Foreign Minister thanks staff for successful completion of SAARC Summit

The Foreign Ministry staff had been placed in eight committees tasked with designated functions to prepare the groundwork for the Summit.

Minister Rohitha Bogollagama yesterday, met the members of the Conference Services Committee and the Budget Committee headed by DG/Americas, Rodney Perera and DG/Administration, Saman Ekanayake respectively.

Following an interaction with all members of the two Committees, Minister Bogollagama addressed the gathering at the Ministry and conveyed his personal thanks and appreciation to the Ministry staff for their hard work and dedication, which had been the key to the success of the SAARC Summit.

He said the results achieved matched their commitment. Sri Lanka has gained international prestige by hosting the Summit and the people of the country are the real beneficiaries of this effort, he said.

Minister Bogollagama stated that the opportunity to hold the 15th SAARC Summit came about on December 20, 2007 at the Council of Ministers meeting in New Delhi, at which other members accepted Sri Lanka's offer to host the Summit. It is a tribute to the dedication of the Foreign Ministry staff that it was possible to finalise all arrangements, including complicated logistics, conference services, documentation, cultural events etc., within 150 days.

The Foreign Minister said all SAARC Leaders and Foreign Ministers had praised the excellent arrangements for the Summit. Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh had said that even India would not have been able to hold such a conference on the scale and grandeur of the Colombo Summit.

The Minister remarked that although he had to travel abroad on three occasions last month, once even on the eve of the Summit, he had supreme confidence in the Ministry staff that they would rise to the occasion and discharge their duties. President Mahinda Rajapaksa had conveyed his appreciation to the Minister and the Ministry staff for their outstanding team effort.

The Minister underscored his confidence in the staff by not outsourcing any functions relating to the Summit and the Ministry staff had lived up to his highest expectations.

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