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S. Korea’s National Assembly Speaker to visit Sri Lankan Parliament today

21 Jan 2022

Speaker of the National Assembly of South Korea, Park Byeong-seug, who is in Sri Lanka on a four-day official visit, is scheduled to tour the Parliament complex today (21). Accompanied by a delegation, Park arrived on the island on Wednesday night at the invitation extended by his Sri Lankan counterpart, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena. Upon his arrival at the Parliamentary complex, Park will receive a warm welcome by Speaker Abeywardena, Secretary-General of Parliament Dhammika Dasanayake and Serjeant-at-Arms Narendra Fernando. Thereafter, Park will pay a courtesy call on his Sri Lankan counterpart and then will observe proceedings of the House from the VIP Gallery. Meanwhile, the Adjournment Debate on the Government’s Policy Statement presented by President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa at the inauguration of the Second Session of the Ninth Parliament will continue for the third consecutive day today. The policy statement will accordingly be debated from 10.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. today with the consent of the Government and the Opposition lawmakers. Time has been allotted from 12.30 p.m. to 1.30 p.m. for the lunch break.


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