{"id":105907,"date":"2020-08-26T16:06:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T23:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=105907"},"modified":"2020-08-26T16:06:10","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T23:06:10","slug":"palestinian-ambassador-congratulates-sri-lanka-on-peaceful-democratic-process-august-26-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/08\/26\/palestinian-ambassador-congratulates-sri-lanka-on-peaceful-democratic-process-august-26-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestinian Ambassador Congratulates Sri Lanka on \u201cPeaceful Democratic Process\u201d &#8211; August 26, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>Prime Minister\u2019s Media Office<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The Palestinian Ambassador to Sri Lanka\nDr. Zuhair M.H. Dar Zaid paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Mahinda\nRajapaksa this morning at Temple Trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking about the recently-concluded\nGeneral Election, Ambassador Zaid said, All Palestinians are very happy about\nthe peaceful, democratic process that happened in Sri Lanka.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ambassador also conveyed\ncongratulatory wishes from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and thanked\nPrime Minister Rajapaksa for this continued support to Palestine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will never forget your strong support\nto Palestine,\u201d Ambassador Zaid said recalling then President Mahinda\nRajapaksa\u2019s visit to Palestine in 2014. During that visit, the Government of\nPalestine conferred then President Rajapaksa with the Star of Palestine\u201d \u2013 the\nhighest award of the State of Palestine \u2013 for continued support and commitment\nto the Palestinian cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Rajapaksa is a long-time\nsupporter of the Palestinian cause and is the Founder President of the Sri\nLanka Committee for Solidarity with Palestine. Also in 2014, under President\nRajapaksa, the Sri Lankan Government made a US$1 million donation to Palestine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking about the COVID-19 pandemic\nAmbassador Zaid said, We feel safe here in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is doing very\nwell. Congratulations on your success [in handling the pandemic].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The delegations also spoke about possible\nareas on which Sri Lanka and Palestine could enhance collaboration, including\ntrade and bringing in investments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister\u2019s Media Office The Palestinian Ambassador to Sri Lanka Dr. Zuhair M.H. Dar Zaid paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa this morning at Temple Trees. Speaking about the recently-concluded General Election, Ambassador Zaid said, All Palestinians are very happy about the peaceful, democratic process that happened in Sri Lanka.\u201d The Ambassador [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105907\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}