President Fly to Australia

President Maithripala Sirisena will leave for Australia on a state visit tomorrow(23) and conclude his visit on May 26. This is the second time President is visiting Australia on invitation since 1954, when then Prime Minister Sir John Kotelawala visited Australia on a state tour.

President Sirisena is only the second Sri Lankan Head of State to receive an invitation to undertake a state tour of Australia 63 years after Sir John Kotelawela’s visit