President Ranil Wickremesinghe has left for Germany on an official visit.
The President and the 12-member delegation left the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake early this morning.
President Wickremesinghe during the four-day visit is scheduled to hold discussions with several political and business leaders.
The President will hold talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on a number of topics.
Meanwhile, President Ranil Wickremesinghe is scheduled to make the opening remarks at the Leaders Dialogue session on the first day of the ‘Berlin Global Dialogue’.
The inaugural Berlin Global Dialogue is a German high-level global initiative to address current geopolitical and economic challenges.
During his absence, the responsibilities of the ministries falling under the purview of the President have been assigned to the respective state ministers.
Accordingly, the following state ministers have been appointed as acting ministers :
- Pramita Bandara Thennakoon – Acting Minister of Defense
- Shehan Semasinghe – Acting Minister of Finance
- Kanaka Herath – Acting Minister of Technology
- Anupa Paskuval – Acting Minister of Women, Children Affairs and Social Empowerment
- Ranjith Siambalapitiya – Acting Minister of Investment Promotion
