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Sri Lanka Crisis

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SL PM calls emergency meeting

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Jul 09, 2022, at 08:27 pm

#SriLanka #SriLankaEconomicCrisis #SriLankDebt #SriLankaFoodCrisis

Colombo/UNI: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday called an emergency meeting of party leaders after thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa stormed the President's House here.

The meeting has been called for to discuss the current situation in the country and come to a swift resolution, NewsWire reported.

The Prime Minister has also requested Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena to summon Parliament.

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