{"id":115601,"date":"2021-06-28T15:37:36","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T22:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=115601"},"modified":"2021-06-28T15:37:36","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T22:37:36","slug":"swiss-humanitarian-assistance-to-sri-lanka-of-more-than-us-4-million-handed-over-to-prime-minister-rajapaksa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/06\/28\/swiss-humanitarian-assistance-to-sri-lanka-of-more-than-us-4-million-handed-over-to-prime-minister-rajapaksa\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss Humanitarian Assistance to Sri Lanka of More Than US$ 4 Million Handed Over to Prime Minister Rajapaksa"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>Prime Minister\u2019s Media Unit<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The Ambassador of\nSwitzerland to Sri Lanka Dominik Furgler called on Prime Minister Mahinda\nRajapaksa this morning at Temple Trees to hand over medical supplies donated by\nthe Government of Switzerland to Sri Lanka. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commenting on the\nSwiss relief provided to South Asian countries to help fight the pandemic,\nincluding this donation to Sri Lanka, Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis\nearlier had said, We can only end this pandemic together &#8211; international\nsupport is essential.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister\nRajapaksa thanked the People of Switzerland for the generous donation and\nstressed the importance of continuing the already strong cooperation between\nthe two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The humanitarian\nassistance contained medical supplies amounting to more than US$ 4 million,\nincluding oxygen concentrators, ventilators and Antigen test kits, among other\nsupplies, that would assist the Sri Lankan Government\u2019s efforts in containing\nthe COVID-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two delegations\ndiscussed the need to reactivate the Sri Lanka \u2013 Swiss Parliamentary Friendship\nAssociation (SLSPFA) and conduct programs between parliamentary members of both\ncountries as has been successfully done in the past. Prime Minister Rajapaksa\nhanded over that responsibility to the current SLSPFA Convener MP Premanath C.\nDolawatta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ambassador Furgler\nalso expressed to Prime Minister Rajapaksa his Government\u2019s interest in\nassisting Sri Lanka enhance activities and services of the hospitality sector\nas the world hopes to revitalize tourism in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister\u2019s Media Unit The Ambassador of Switzerland to Sri Lanka Dominik Furgler called on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa this morning at Temple Trees to hand over medical supplies donated by the Government of Switzerland to Sri Lanka. Commenting on the Swiss relief provided to South Asian countries to help fight the pandemic, including this [&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-115601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115601","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=115601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}