UNB: Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen will join Sri Lanka’s 75th Independence Day celebrations in Colombo on 4 February.
He is scheduled to leave Dhaka for Colombo yesterday, said a diplomatic source, adding that he will have a number of meetings apart from joining the Independence Day programmes there.
The main ceremony of the National Independence Day celebrations will be held on 4 February at 8:30am at Galle Face Green under the patronage of Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena.
Earlier, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has given out instructions to celebrate the 75th Independence Day “with pride at minimal cost” and with the new reformist programme for the next 25 years. The foreign minister is likely to meet the Sri Lankan president and prime minister apart from his meeting with Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry during his stay in Colombo.