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Sun, Feb 21, 2016

Feb 21, Vienna: Sri Lanka has no enemies in the world today and no country or organization is against the Sri Lankan people, Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena said Saturday inviting the expatriates who left the country to return to Sri Lanka and rebuild the nation.

Addressing the Sri Lankan community in Austria on Saturday in Vienna, the President said he is returning to Sri Lanka after concluding successful state visits to Germany and Austria wining many benefits for the benefit of the country.

Sri Lankans representing all communities including Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim attended the gathering held at the premises of the Austrian National Library in Vienna.

"My tour in Austria and Germany turned out to be very good. We have been able to convince the business community why they should consider Sri Lanka for investment and collaboration," he said.

"Today, my country has no enemies in the world. No country or organization is against us. Since I came to power I worked with all countries and organizations to work together with Sri Lanka. It is as a result of this friendship that the Austrian government invited a state leader from Sri Lanka to visit their country," the President further said.

"It is very important that we build on this platform to make sure that no war repeats in the country and that everybody lives happily and in harmony," the President stressed.

He noted that the passing of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution made the background for "that noble purpose." "Now we want to build on that platform and rise as a great nation in the world," the President said.

"This is the right time. If Sri Lanka was not the proper place to live in, owing to the grey period in our history, I assure you that this is the right time for many thousands of Sri Lankans to return to Sri Lanka and start contributing their knowledge and experience to build the nation," the president said inviting the expatriates to return.

Ministers Mangala Samaraweera, Mahinda Samarasinghe, and Daya Gamage also participated in the gathering.