Deputy Speaker briefs C'wealth Sec. Gen. on CHOGM preparations
Deputy Speaker Chandima Weerakkody met Commonwealth
Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma at the Commonwealth
Secretariat in London. |
Deputy Speaker Chandima Weerakkody met Commonwealth Secretary General
Kamalesh Sharma at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London, while
attending the 62nd Westminister Parliamentary Conference at the British
Parliament from June 17 to 28.
The Deputy Speaker briefed the Secretary General on Sri Lanka's
preparations for CHOGM in November this year. Sharma has expressed his
appreciation of the efforts of the Sri Lanka Government to make the
Conference a success.
The Commonwealth Secretary General impressed on the Deputy Speaker
the desire of many countries to be a part of the Colombo meeting of the
Heads of States of the Commonwealth, and stressed on the need to
strengthen the cooperation between the Sri lanka Parliament and the
Commonwealth and also the importance of sharing Sri Lankan Parliamentary
strategies with member countries for further development. |