Sanga to work with Commonwealth to promote peace

07 Aug, 2019

Former Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara is to work with the Commonwealth to help promote peace.

Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland said that she had a meeting with Sangakkara during which he expressed his commitment to work with the Commonwealth to deliver “Peace at the Crease”.

“My thanks to @KumarSanga2 for a fantastic meeting and his commitment to working with #Commonwealth to deliver Peace at the Crease,” Patricia Scotland tweeted.

Sangakkara thanked the Commonwealth Secretary-General for giving him the opportunity to be part of the initiative.

“It was indeed a pleasure and thank you for allowing me to be involved. It?s a wonderful initiative that is timely and relevant. I?m sure there will be many like minded people and institutions joining hands with #Commonwealth to deliver peace at the crease,” he said.

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