Regard your country as sacred and do not "subvert loyalty to country to any other interests" Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa told youth delegates at the World Conference on Youth at the Ruhunu Magampura International Conference Centre in Hambantota this week.
“It (the country) cannot be second to any of your interests nor can it be sacrificed for any gain whatever,” President Rajapaksa said.
“There may be outside pressures to compromise your love for your country but all such pressures must be resisted at any cost. Only then, can we build a better world for all of us without destroying the cultures, traditions, customs, that we are heirs to," he added.
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