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Prime Minister heads to Italy to attend international event
10 Sep, 2021
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa left for Italy today to attend an international event.
Concerns had been raised by the Catholic Church over his visit saying he was attempting to use it to mislead the Vatican in Italy over the Easter Sunday attacks.
However, the Foreign Ministry insisted that the Prime Minister had no plans to meet His Holiness, the Pope, during the visit to Italy.
The Foreign Ministry said that the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister will visit Bologna, Italy, to participate in an international event which is to be graced by the Prime Minister of Italy and other dignitaries from Italy and other European countries.
The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the opening session of the international symposium which will be held in one of Europe?s oldest seats of learning, the University of Bologna.
?At no stage has the Prime Minister requested nor has he received an invitation to visit the Vatican for an audience with His Holiness, the Pope,? the Foreign Ministry said.
The Foreign Ministry said the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister will be leaving Italy, at the conclusion of the events in Bologna. (Colombo Gazette)
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