COLOMBO : Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake eft the island for India, Sunday afternoon on Dec.15.
Dissanayake left the island on a 3-day state visit to India from 15 to 17 December.
During the visit, President Dissanayake is scheduled to meet the Indian President Smt. Droupadi Murmu and hold bilateral discussions with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other Indian dignitaries on a range of issues of mutual interest.
Meanwhile ,five acting Ministers have been appointed to five ministries in the absence of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who is on an official visit to India.
Accordingly, Acting Ministers have been appointed to oversee the affairs of the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Digital Economy and Ministry of Defence which are under the purview of the President as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism and the Ministry of Labour.
The following Acting Ministers have been appointed;
Acting Minister of Digital Economy – Deputy Minister Eranga Weeraratne
Acting Minister of Defence – Deputy Minister Aruna Jayasekara
Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism – Deputy Minister Arun Hemachandra
Acting Minister of Finance and Planning – Deputy Minister Dr. Harshana Sooriyapperuma
Acting Minister of Labour – Deputy Minister Mahinda Jayasinghe
Dissanayake was accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Vijitha Herath and Minister of Labour Prof. Anil Jayantha Fernando.