A Holy Mass organized by friends of Sri Lanka in Bethlehem in collaboration with the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Israel and the Representative Office of Sri Lanka in the State of Palestine was held on 22nd November at the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem where Jesus Christ was born to bless President Mahinda Rajapaksa on the occasion of his 69th birthday.
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday held a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during which Modi thanked the President for pardoning and sending back five Indian fishermen, who were sentenced to death for alleged drug trafficking.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday stressed closer regional cooperation between SAARC countries and suggested five pillars for achieving that goal.
