President on two-day official visit to Cuba
Disna MUDALIGE
President Mahinda Rajapaksa will pay an official visit to Cuba today
and tomorrow.
President
Mahinda Rajapaksa |
An MoU will be signed between Sri Lanka and Cuba during the
President’s visit, Mass Media and Information Minister and Cabinet
Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said.
He said it will be signed between the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute
for International Relations and Strategic Studies of Sri Lanka and Raul
Roa Garcia Institute of International Relations of Cuba.
The minister said Cabinet approval has been granted to a Cabinet
paper presented by Human Resources Senior Minister D E W Gunasekara in
this regard.
The MoU’s objective is to develop academic cooperation through joint
research and exchange of information between the two institutions.
The minister was addressing the weekly Cabinet press briefing at the
ministry yesterday. |