Sri Lankan MPs hold talks with US Speaker Paul Ryan

29 Sep, 2017

A Sri Lankan Parliament delegation led by Speaker Karu Jayasuriya had talks with US Speaker?Paul Ryan while on a visit to the US yesterday (Thursday), the Sri Lankan Embassy in the US said.

The Sri Lankan multi-party delegation met the US Speaker at?Capitol Hill.

Separately, the Sri Lankan delegation also had talks with several US legislators.

The visiting multiparty delegation includes Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Nimal Siripala de Silva, State Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management Palitha Range Bandara, Members of Parliament Vijitha Herath, Kumara Welgama and M.A. Sumanthiran, and Deputy Secretary General of Parliament Neil Iddawala. (Colombo Gazette)

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