President Ranil Wickramasinghe has assigned the responsibilities of acting ministerial positions to state ministers during his absence from the island.
Accordingly, Mr. Pramitha Bandara Thennakoon as Acting Minister of Defense, Mr. Ranjith Siambalapitiya as Acting Minister of Finance, Economic, Stabilization and National Policy, Mrs. Geetha Kumarasinghe as Acting Minister of Women, Child Affairs and Social Empowerment, Mr. Kanaka Herath as Acting Minister of Technology, Mr. Dilum Amunugama as acting Minister of Investment Promotion has been appointed.
President Ranil Wickramasinghe, who left the island to attend the funeral ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II, arrived in London yesterday (17) at noon.
Ben Mellor, Indo-Pacific Regional Director and Indian Director of the Commonwealth and Development Office, the British King’s Special Envoy, Deputy Lieutenant Dave Easton, and Saroja Sirisena, the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Britain, were present to welcome the President who arrived in London.
The President is scheduled to return to the island next Wednesday (21) early in the morning after participating in the funeral ceremony of Queen Elizabeth which will be held at Westminster Abbey in London tomorrow (19).
