A letter to President Rajapakse from Nelson Mandela
- - on 12/16/2013
Mahinda Rajapaksa paying his last respects to the remains of the former South African President late Nelson Mandela. Photo via official Twitter feed.
Dear Mahinda Rajapakse,
At the outset , I would like to tell you one thing. I regret very much that we have never met and not had the opportunity to share our experience. Perhaps you could not visit me before I became bedridden because you were bogged down with a difficult war.
First of all I should thank all the people living in your beautiful country for the indomitable solidarity extended by them and their leaders when our country was under the curse of naked racism of apartheid system. I expressed these sentiments to your former President Chandrika Kumaratunga every time I met her.
