President Mahinda Rajapaksa addressing the gathering. |
An honorary Doctorate was conferred on President Mahinda
Rajapaksa by the Beijing University of Foreign Languages in
China, yesterday. Here President Mahinda Rajapaksa
presenting a Buddha Statue to the Chancellor of the Beijing
University of Foreign Languages Prof. Chen U-Lu External
Affairs Minister, Prof. G.L. Peiris, Higher Education
Minister, S.B. Dissanayaka, Parliamentarian Sajin Vass
Gunawardena, Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga,
External Affairs Ministry Secretary, Karunathilaka Amunugama,
Sri Lankan Ambassador in China, Ranjith Uyangoda and the
Chinese Ambassador in Sri Lanka, Yang Siping were also
present. Picture by Sudath Silva |
Chancellor of the Beijing University of Foreign Languages
Prof. Chen U-Lu addressing the gathering |
President Mahinda Rajapaksa engaged in a discussion with
Chancellor of the Beijing University of Foreign Languages in
China Prof. Chen U-Lu |
Chinese Professors, Students of Sinhala and the Sri Lankan
delegation who participated on the occasion of conferring an
Hon. Doctorate on President Mahinda Rajapaksa |
Students of Beijing University of Foreign Languages in China
gathered to receive the President |
Some Sinhala text books being presented to a Chinese student
learning Sinhala |
A note being placed in the visitors’ book in the Beijing
University of Foreign Languages in China |
President planting a tree to mark the long standing
friendship between the two countries |
President Mahinda Rajapaksa unveiling the plaque of the new
Sri Lankan Education Center at the Beijing University of
Foreign Languages in China |
A memento being presented to the first student of Sinhala
language in China, Shiyong Usong by the President |
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