The Palestinian Authority will confer the president of Sri Lanka with its highest accolade, the ‘Star of Palestine’, reported the DailyMirror.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to visit Palestine tomorrow, where he will meet with President Mahmoud Abbas, and will receive the award for showing solidarity with the Palestinian liberation struggle.
The Palestinian Authority has already named a road after Rajapaksa in Ramallah.
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