Sri Lanka President holds key meetings during France visit

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe held several key meetings during his visit to France.

He met with Audrey Azoulay, the Director general of the UNESCO in Paris. 

President Wickremesinghe also called on Commonwealth Secretary-General Rt Hon Patricia Scotland.

The Sri Lankan President also met with Sigrid Kaag, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands. 

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen discussed Sri Lanka’s continued reforms under its IMF program.

This was when she met with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on the sidelines of the international Summit for a New Global Financing Pact.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe also met with  António Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting world leaders including Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, as well as US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and the Chinese premier, Li Qiang, to discuss new ways to raise climate financing.