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Introduction by Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera to Speech by Ambassador Thomas A. Shannon Jr. Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute

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Introduction by Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera

to Speech by Ambassador Thomas A. Shannon Jr.

Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute

16 December 2015

Ambassador Thomas A. Shannon Jr.,

Under-Secretary-of-State nominee for Political Affairs

Excellencies,

Executive Director and Members of the Board of the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute for International Relations and Strategic Studies,

Distinguished guests,

Ladies & Gentlemen,

I have the honour, as Chairman of the Board of the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute for International Relations and Strategic Studies, to introduce a very special person who is in our midst here today, our guest speaker, Ambassador Thomas A. Shannon Jr.

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