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[Friday, February 22, 2008 - 08.30 GMT]
Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama met with HRH
Prince Khalid bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz al Saud, Assistant Minister
of Defence and Aviation for Military Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia on February 19 on the fringes of the Singapore Airshow 2008,
said a press release issued by the High Commission of Sri Lanka,
Singapore.
The Ministers exchanged opinion on matters of mutual
interest. Minister Bogollagama also mentioned that Sri Lanka was
seeking observer status at the Organisation of the Islamic
Conference.
Foreign Minister Bogollagama also raised the issue of
the young domestic worker Rizana who is currently facing the death
penalty in Saudi Arabia in relation to the death of an infant. The
Minister appealed for assistance to obtain clemency for Rizana.
Prince Khalid assured the Minister of the support of the Government
of Saudi Arabia and indicated that it was the practice of the Saudi
authorities to seek to persuade the victim’s family to offer
clemency, but stated that the matter of granting clemency ultimately
lies with the family of the victim.
The Minister stated that President Mahinda Rajapaksa
had always been an advocate of strong ties with the Middle East and
had been the President of the Palestine Friendship Association for
30 years. He extended an invitation for the Minister of Foreign
Affairs of Saudi Arabia to visit Sri Lanka which Prince Khalid
agreed to convey.
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