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COLOMBO: Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Namal Rajapaksa expressed gratitude for Prime Minister Imran Khan for presenting his signed bat to him, describing it a “memory for the ages”.
“A memory for the ages thank you your Excellency @ImranKhanPTI. I am truly humbled to have received this token as it embodies your story & serves as reminder of your drive determination & success! Forever grateful,” Namal Rajapaksa said on Twitter.
The prime minister presented his signed bat to Namal Rajapaksa, who hosted a lunch in his honor in Colombo in presence of Sri Lankan sports stars.
A memory for the ages thank you your excellency @ImranKhanPTI I am truly humbled to have received this token as it embodies your story & serves as reminder of your drive determination & success! Forever grateful pic.twitter.com/iKikP8G4rG
— Namal Rajapaksa (@RajapaksaNamal) February 24, 2021
Prime Minister Imran Khan also met Sri Lankan cricketers who played against him more than two decades ago when he was a professional cricketer. The prime minister said that he had met the Sri Lankan cricket icons when he inaugurated the country’s High-Performance Sports Complex.
“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,” he tweeted.
PM Imran Khan also met the Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa on the occasion discussed a wide range of bilateral issues including poverty alleviation.
“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. We also discussed other dimensions of our extensive ties to strengthen political & trade ties for our mutual benefit,” he added.
The Pakistani prime minister is the first head of state to visit Sri Lanka after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and PM Rajapaksa assumed office last year, indicating the importance both countries attach to their important relationship.