INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
resident Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed officials to bring back all Sri Lankans including students in Wuhan and Sichuan provinces
where the Coronavirus is fast spreading.The President Office, the Ministry of Foreign Relations, Ministry of Health, Sri Lankan Embassy in
Beijing and SriLankan Airlines have joined together in this exercise.The Sri Lanka Embassy in Beijing had submitted an application to land a
Sri Lankan Airlines aircraft in Wuhan city airport to airlift 32 Sri Lankan students including their family members
The Embassy is closely following up with China Foreign Ministry and Foreign Affairs Office of the Wuhan Province to expedite the process of
obtaining clearance for the landing of the aircraft, as soon as they are allowed to travel out of their present locations, the Foreign