Vice President designate Mohamed Waheeduddeen met with Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa; President Waheed met Inter Parliamentary Union’s Director of Programmes; Special Advisor to the President met Alistair Burt; Special Advisor to the President presented
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    • According to reports, Vice President Designate Mohamed Waheeduddeen met with President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka on February 22, 2012. Visiting Sri Lanka as a Special Envoy of President Waheed, Waheeduddeen presented a letter to the Sri Lankan President on his behalf. The Sri Lankan President congratulated Waheeduddeen on being the Vice President Designate, and spoke of his confidence on the diplomatic relations between the two countries continuing to thrive in the future.1

    In another development, according to reports, President Waheed met with Inter Parliamentary Union’s Director of Programmes, Martine Chungong, on February 23, 2012. This was their second meeting in two weeks. 2

    Meanwhile, reports noted that Special Advisor to the President Dr Hassan Saeed met with the UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Alistair Burt on February 21, 2012. 3
    According to reports, Special Advisor to the President Dr Hassan Saeed presented a letter from President Dr Waheed to Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations Kamalesh Sharma. 4
    In other developments, according to reports, United States Ambassador to the Maldives Patricia A. Butenis paid a courtesy call on President Dr Mohamed Waheed on February 22, 2012. Ambassador Butenis assured the President that the US government would continue helping the Maldives move forward.5

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