The Commonwealth Secretary General, Kamalesh Sharma, who also attended the Commonwealth Youth Ministers' meeting, which was his first meeting at Ministerial level, since assuming office as Secretary General of the Commonwealth Secretariat on 1st of April 2008.
In this context, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Secretary General Commonwealth, recalled the decision, endorsed by the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kampala last year, to convene a meeting on terrorism. This terrorism meeting is scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka.
Secretary General Sharma appreciated Sri Lanka's undertaking to participate in the Commonwealth Group at Heads of Government level, to study the reform of international institutions. This initiative which is also a Kampala mandate, will bring approximately 10 -12 Heads of Government to consider issues related to the reform of the IMF, World Bank etc. The Foreign Minister shared the view that such a dialogue would link and enhance the connectivity with the Commonwealth and the World Bank among others, thus profiling the organization on the global economic agenda. He confirmed that President Mahinda Rajapakse would attend the meeting scheduled to be held in London in June 2008.
- Sri Lanka Guardian
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