Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa announced on Thursday that the government will provide $1mn in financial aid to the Palestinians.
The government’s official news portal said that the president “has been a long-time supporter of the Palestinian cause and is the Founder President of the Sri Lanka Committee for Solidarity with Palestine”.
Earlier this year President Rajapaksa visited Palestine, where he met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
The Palestinian leader praised the “good relationship” between the nations and conferred the ‘Star of Palestine’, the highest honour award by the Palestinian state, on Rajapaksa.
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