Srilanka, Nov. 5 -- Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organisations of the Holy See, paid a courtesy call on President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat.
During the discussion, Archbishop Gallagher was briefed on the current situation in the country and the progress achieved under President Dissanayake's administration. The President expressed his appreciation to the Archbishop for undertaking this visit to Sri Lanka, which marks the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Vatican and Sri Lanka.
President Dissanayake remarked that Archbishop Gallagher's visit is a blessing for Sri Lanka.
He noted that the half-century of diplomatic ties between the...