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, 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.