Dubai, UAE: A high level delegation from Sri Lanka, comprising Honourable Faizer Musthapha, Sri Lanka’s Deputy Minister of Tourism and Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau’s (SLTPB) Managing Director, Dileep Mudadeniya will be visiting Dubai to participate in a two-day meeting with Heads of all Sri Lankan Missions in the Middle East called by Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The meeting will be chaired by Honorary Rohitha Bogollagama, Minister of Foreign Affairs on January 14th and 15th.

Sri Lanka is firmly behind the Palestinian people, Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama told Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani at the Emiri Diwan (Royal Palace) in Doha on Sunday.

Minister Bogollagama briefed the Emir of Qatar on current developments in Sri Lanka stating that the LTTE was on rapid retreat militarily and no longer enjoyed the goodwill of the Tamil people who he said had been alienated from the national democratic and development agenda for an extended period of time by the LTTE.