President arrives in New York to attend 63rd UNGA Session

NEW YORK: President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived at the John F Kennedy Airport, New York by a scheduled flight on Sunday.

The President who is due to participate in and address the 63rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) was met on arrival at the airport by representatives of United Nations Protocol and later at the Ritz Carlton Hotel by Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama, Sri Lankan Ambassador in Washington Jaliya Wickamasuriya, Permanent Representative for Sri Lanka in the UN, H.M.G.S. Palihakkara and the staff of the New York Mission.

At the entrance to the hotel President Rajapaksa was garlanded by four Sri Lankan children from New York. The first official function of the President was a visit to the New York Buddhist Vihara later in the day.