Indian's Lok Sabha Speaker
President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Speaker of India’s Lok Sabha, Smt. Meira Kumar discussed strengthening parliamentary contacts between India and Sri Lanka, especially exchanges between young parliamentarians, when she met the President at Temple Trees yesterday (12).
President Rajapaksa referred to the various developmental activities being undertaken by India in Sri Lanka such as the housing project and the rehabilitation of the railway network in the north.
While underlining the goodwill that existed between India and Sri Lanka, she apprised the President of the various activities that India was planning, together with Sri Lanka, to observe the 2600th anniversary of the Enlightenment of Lord Buddha (Sambuddhatva Jayanti).
She noted the concurrence of the Prime Minister of India to arrange an exposition later this year of the sacred Kapilvastu relics in Sri Lanka, following a request that had been made personally to him by President Rajapaksa.
Among other activities, India is also organizing an international conference on Buddhism in Kandy in March 2011 and commissioning an Indian gallery, including a 16-feet high statue of Lord Buddha, for the International Buddhist Museum in Kandy. President Rajapaksa welcomed these initiatives.
The Hon'ble Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Smt. Meira Kumar, arrived in Colombo on 11 February, 2010 to participate as the Guest of Honour in the 3rd Asian Regional Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) held on 12-13 February, 2010. On her arrival, she was received at the airport by Hon’ble Chamal Rajapaksa, Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and senior officials of the Parliament.
While underlining the goodwill that existed between India and Sri Lanka, she apprised the President of the various activities that India was planning, together with Sri Lanka, to observe the 2600th anniversary of the Enlightenment of Lord Buddha (Sambuddhatva Jayanti).
She noted the concurrence of the Prime Minister of India to arrange an exposition later this year of the sacred Kapilvastu relics in Sri Lanka, following a request that had been made personally to him by President Rajapaksa.
Among other activities, India is also organizing an international conference on Buddhism in Kandy in March 2011 and commissioning an Indian gallery, including a 16-feet high statue of Lord Buddha, for the International Buddhist Museum in Kandy. President Rajapaksa welcomed these initiatives.
The Hon'ble Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Smt. Meira Kumar, arrived in Colombo on 11 February, 2010 to participate as the Guest of Honour in the 3rd Asian Regional Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) held on 12-13 February, 2010. On her arrival, she was received at the airport by Hon’ble Chamal Rajapaksa, Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and senior officials of the Parliament.
The 3rd Asian Regional Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) was declared open this morning by Hon’ble D. M. Jayaratne, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
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