{"id":153436,"date":"2015-11-14T18:29:08","date_gmt":"2015-11-14T12:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=153436"},"modified":"2015-11-14T18:29:24","modified_gmt":"2015-11-14T12:59:24","slug":"ranil-condemns-paris-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ranil-condemns-paris-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranil Condemns Paris Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has condemned the multiple terror attacks in Paris late Friday, calling them an &#8220;unprecedented and dastardly terrorist attacks&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Ranil-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-151519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Ranil--150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ranil\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Ranil--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Ranil--50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Wickrmesinghe has sent the following letter to the Prime Minister of the Republic of France;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">HE Manuel Valls<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister of the Republic of France<\/p>\n<p>Excellency,<\/p>\n<p>I am deeply shocked and saddened by the unprecedented and dastardly terrorist attacks in Paris on 13 November 2015 which resulted in the loss of a large number of innocent lives and injury and trauma to many more.<\/p>\n<p>I wish to convey my deepest condolences to the bereaved families.<\/p>\n<p>Having suffered due to terrorism for many decades, Sri Lanka unequivocally condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. 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