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Minister of Foreign Affairs Thilak Marapona has gone to Dubai and met his counterpart in the Emirates to discuss matters pertaining to the deportation to Sri Lanka of underworld leader Makandure Madush, who is in police custody in Dubai.
Minister Marapona had met their Minister of Foreign Affairs Anwar Bin Mohamed Gargash in the capital, Abu Dhabi, government sources revealed. While there, Minister Marapona had handed over a letter addressed to the President of the United Arab Emirates Sheik Khalifa Bin Said Al Nahyan by President Maithripala Sirisena.
The sources also reveal that Minister Marapona had held a lengthy discussion with the Emirati minister regarding the deportation to Sri Lanka of underworld leader Makandure Madush presently in police custody in Dubai. He had also made it known to the Emirati minister that the deportation of several suspects who were taken in for questioning along with Makandure Madush back to Sri Lanka without prior notice had caused a headache for the Sri Lankan authorities. (Thilina De Silva and Indika Ramanayake)
The sources also reveals that Minister Marapona had held a lengthy discussion with the Emirates Minister regarding the deportation to Sri Lanka of underworld leader Makandure Madush presently in police custody in Dubai.
He had also made it known to the Emirati minister that the deportation of several suspects who were taken in for questioning along with Makandure Madush back to Sri Lanka without prior notice had caused a headache for the Sri Lankan authorities. (Thilina De Silva and Indika Ramanayake)