The International Institute for Middle East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES) presented Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera with an award for “Special contribution to reconciliation and coexisting of different groups in Sri Lanka.”
The director of the IFIMES Dr Zijad Becirovic in his congratulatory speech, commended Mangala Samaraweera’s contribution to the “development of Sri Lanka into a successful and equitable multi-ethnic, multicultural, multireligious and multilingual country.”
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Following the award, Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister, Mr Samaraweera delivered a lecture titled “Democracy, Reconciliation and Development – Vision For A New Sri Lanka.”
Full lecture can be found here.
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