COLOMBO : At the headquarters of the Cuban embassy in Sri Lanka, a meeting was held with the young Sri Lankan student Halneththi Dushani Gunarathne, who was received by the Cuban ambassador Andrés Marcelo González Garrido.
Dushani was selected to study Medicine in Cuba, as part of a scholarship process that Cuba offers to Sri Lanka for young people from the country to pursue their university studies in Cuba. Sri Lanka has nearly one hundred graduates from Cuban institutions and currently six students are at the Latin American School of Medicine – ELAM.
The young Sri Lankan expressed her satisfaction at the possibility of studying in Cuba and went to the diplomatic headquarters with her father, who pointed out to the ambassador that he had always spoken to his daughter about Cuba, the revolution, Che and Fidel.
Present at the meeting were Chiththadhamma Rathnamudali, president of the Association of Sri Lanka Graduates in Cuba, and Asitha Dias, Vice President, who referred to their pleasant experiences during their years of study in Cuba. Maribel Duarte González, first secretary of the Cuban embassy, was also present.