President condoles on Saudi Prince’s death

In a condolence message addressed to His Majesty the King of Saudi Arabia Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has conveyed his deepest sympathies to His Majesty the King, and through him, to the Government and people of Saudi Arabia on the death of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, states an External Affairs Ministry press release.

On the direction of the President, a high level delegation from Sri Lanka led by Senior Minister for Good Governance and Infrastructure Ratnasiri Wickramanayake is currently visiting Riyadh to attend the funeral of the late Crown Prince on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 accompanied by Senior Minister for Urban Affairs A.H.M. Fowzie, Minister of Justice Rauff Hakeem, Rishad Bathiudeen, Minister of Industry and Commerce, Faizer Musthapha, Deputy Minister of Technology and Research, I. Ansar, Additional Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs together with Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Ahmed Jawad.