Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law
Saturday, 5 April 2014 00:00
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Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law, K. Shanmugam called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the President’s Office on Thursday. During the bilateral discussion, Shanmugam told the President that countries should engage constructively with Sri Lanka and look to the future rather than dwell on the past. He also said one of the main objectives of his visit is to “tell the world what the (Sri Lankan) people really need is development.” The Singaporean Foreign Minister said he believes that relations between the two countries are strengthening including improved people-to-people interactions as well as between the business communities of the two nations. The Non-Resident High Commissioner of Singapore to Sri Lanka Karan Singh Thakral and the Executive Chairman of the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore Ambassador Gopinath Pillai accompanied the Singapore Foreign Minister. Minister of External Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris, Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga and Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs Mrs. Kshenuka Seneviratne were also present for the bilateral discussion.
– Pix by Sudath Silva
