International Conference of Asian Political Parties here next year

President Mahinda Rajapaksa accepted an invitation from the Secretary-General of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) to host a high-level meeting in Sri Lanka in 2014.

This decision was made when Secretary-General Chung Eui-yong met President Rajapaksa at Temple Trees yesterday.

Eui-yong said other ICAPP members were “very enthusiastic” about the possibility of Sri Lanka hosting the next conference, which is expected to attract more than 100 different political parties from around Asia.

“Sri Lanka is very strategically located for such a meeting,” Eui-yong said.

President Rajapaksa addressed a special conference of ICAPP in Shaanxi Province during his state visit to China in May this year under the theme ‘Promote Green Development and Build a Beautiful Asia Together.’

Ambassador of the Republic of Korea in Sri Lanka Jongmoon Choi and Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga were also present at the meeting.