Lanka gifts library building to Maldives

Minister of Foreign Affairs Rohitha Bogollagama will visit the Maldives from October 31 to November 2 in connection with the gift of a library building to the Maldives.

As provided under the Memorandum of Understanding signed between Sri Lanka and the Maldives on Cooperation in Education, the Government of Sri Lanka constructed a library building in Male’ for the Maldives College of Higher Education to assist in the development of infrastructure for higher education in the Maldives.

The Maldives College of Higher Education which would receive the gift of this facility will be upgraded to become the first University in the Maldives.

On behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka Minister Bogollagama will hand over the library building at a ceremony to the Maldivian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdulla Shahid, who will accept the gift on behalf of the Government of the Maldives. The President of Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, will also grace this occasion.

During the visit, the Minister will call on the President and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Maldives. A Memorandum of Understanding on Intelligence Cooperation is also due to be signed during this visit.