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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake lays a wreath at late Yasser Arafat’s tomb during an official visit to the West Bank city of Ramallah.

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (L) and Salam Fayyad review the Fatah honor guard during his visit to the West Bank city of Ramallah.

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake shakes hands with Mahmud Abbas during an official visit to the West Bank city of Ramallah.

25 March 2008

The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, began a visit to Palestine beginning with the West Bank city of Bethlehem.

Wickremanayake was hosted by the governor of Bethlehem Salah Ta'mari who accompanied the guest to the historic Nativity Church, the birthplace of Jesus(PBUH). The Mayor of Bethlehem Victor Batarseh along with Fatah commanders and Fatah security officers.

After touring the Nativity Church, the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka headed to Ramallah in the central West Bank. The Palestinian ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Anwar Al-Agha, said the Sri Lankan leader would hold meetings with Mahmoud Abbas and Salam Fayyad as well as alleged Fatah businessmen.

He added that Wickremanayake would visit a street in Ramallah named after the Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa and plant trees on the side of the road.