{"id":149434,"date":"2015-08-21T15:25:12","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T09:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=149434"},"modified":"2015-08-21T15:53:39","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T10:23:39","slug":"mahinda-meets-ranil-and-maithripala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/mahinda-meets-ranil-and-maithripala\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahinda Meets Ranil And Maithripala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kurunegala district UPFA parliamentarian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Mahinda+Rajapaksa&amp;x=13&amp;y=3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mahinda Rajapaksa<\/span><\/a> has met President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Maithripala+Sirisena&amp;x=12&amp;y=2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Maithripala Sirisena<\/span><\/a> and Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Ranil+Wickremesinghe&amp;x=10&amp;y=3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: 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src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mahinda-Maithri1.jpg\" alt=\"Mahinda Maithri\" width=\"639\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mahinda-Maithri1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mahinda-Maithri1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mahinda-Ranil-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-149436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mahinda-Ranil-2.jpg\" alt=\"Mahinda Ranil\" width=\"640\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mahinda-Ranil-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mahinda-Ranil-2-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mahinda-Ranil-2-800x498.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Maithri-Ranil-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-149437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Maithri-Ranil-.jpg\" alt=\"Maithri Ranil\" width=\"639\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Maithri-Ranil-.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Maithri-Ranil--300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Maithri-Ranil--800x534.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Ranil-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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