Foreign dignitaries to attend President’s swearing-in ceremony [November 13 2010]

Several state leaders are to arrive Sri Lanka to attend the second swear in ceremony of President Mahinda Rajapaksa on November 19.

Among them are the President of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed, Prime Minister of Bhutan Jigmi Y. Thinley and the Chinese Presidential Envoy Sang Guowei.

Sang, vice chairman of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, will arrive Sri Lanka on Nov. 17 as a guest of President Rajapaksa to attend President Rajapaksa’s swear in ceremony .