Oxford Union Address:

President was reinvited

The new President of the Oxford Union personally met President Mahinda Rajapaksa and invited him to address the Union on December 5 but since he had made arrangements to return to Sri Lanka by that time this offer was not accepted and assured that consideration will be given to a future offer.

This was disclosed by Government spokesman and Mass Media and Information Minister Keheliya Rambukwella at the Cabinet Decision Media Conference held at the Information Department auditorium yesterday.

He said that a new President was appointed to the Oxford Union since the term of the former President James Kingston ended the following day President Mahinda Rajapaksa was scheduled to address the Union.