COLOMBO: Prime Minister Imran Khan has inaugurated Sri Lanka’s High-Performance Sports Complex on Wednesday.
PM Imran, who is in Colombo on a two-day official visit, tweeted, “It was great to meet the Sri Lankan cricket greats invited on the occasion who had played against me.”
I inaugurated Sri Lanka's High Performance Sports Complex. It was great to meet the Sri Lankan cricket greats invited on the occasion who had played against me.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) February 24, 2021
Earlier, Prime Minister Khan met with President of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the President’s Secretariat.
“Had an excellent mtg with President of Sri Lanka @GotabayaR. We discussed our common passion for poverty alleviation esp in our rural areas. We also exchanged views on how to give farmers more for their produce & get cheaper food & fruits to the population by using technology to eliminate middlemen,” he said.
“We also discussed other dimensions of our extensive ties to strengthen political & trade ties for our mutual benefit.”
Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Namal Rajapaksa tweeted: “Humbled & honored to have hosted HE the Great @ImranKhanPTI to lunch together with the great sportsmen & women of #LKA. Thank you for gracing us & coming forward to assist in the development of #LKA sport. Excellency your words of encouragement will forever remain etched in hearts!”
Humbled & honored to have hosted HE the Great @ImranKhanPTI to lunch together with the great sportsmen & women of #LKA.Thank you for gracing us & coming forward to assist in the development of #LKA sport.Excellency your words of encouragement will forever remain etched in hearts! pic.twitter.com/gYRVq68aBS
— Namal Rajapaksa (@RajapaksaNamal) February 24, 2021
Earlier the day, Prime Minister Imran Khan had expressed deep appreciation and sincere gratitude to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa for the warm welcome and gracious hospitality accorded to him and his delegation in Sri Lanka.
He extended a cordial invitation to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to visit Pakistan at the earliest convenience.The two leaders witnessed the signing ceremony of important MOUs on cooperation in the fields of tourism, investment, education, and technology.
PM Imran Khan said he was no stranger in Sri Lanka as he had been visiting the country from his cricketing period and played matches. He recalled how Sri Lankan cricket revolutionized and became a world-class team.
Prime Minister Imran Khan is the first head of government to visit Sri Lanka after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa assumed office last year, which was reflective of the importance both the countries attach to their important relationship.
