A meeting between the newly appointed Canadian High Commissioner Mr. Eric Walsh and Mr. Neel Bandara Hapuhinna, Secretary, Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government was held on the 17th of January at the Ministry.

The support of the Canadian government in the implementation of the official language policy by the Ministry was discussed and the Secretary of the Ministry thanked the High Commissioner on behalf of the government for the interest shown by the Canadian government in this regard.

Mr. Eric Walsh emphasized that language can play a huge role in building cooperation between nations and stated that he would like to extend the support of the Canadian government to Sri Lanka.

Miss Linda Erics, Head of Cooperation and Development of the Canadian High Commission, Mr. Ranjith Ashoka, Additional Secretary of the Ministry, Mr. S. Satyasheelan, Senior Assistant Secretary of the National LanHead of Cooperation and Development of the Canadian High Commission,guage Division, and Mr. G. S. Wickramasinghe, Head of the Technical Committee, were present at this occasion.

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