{"id":73259,"date":"2013-02-11T17:41:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T17:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=73259"},"modified":"2013-02-18T14:24:09","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T14:24:09","slug":"sharma-has-not-made-any-statements-today-with-regard-to-the-chogm-venue-commonwealth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sharma-has-not-made-any-statements-today-with-regard-to-the-chogm-venue-commonwealth\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharma Has Not Made Any Statements Today With Regard To The CHOGM Venue &#8211; Commonwealth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contrary to some media reports, Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma has not made any statements today with regard to Sri Lanka as host venue of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in November 2013, says\u00a0Richard Uku, Official Spokesperson and Director of Communications and Public Affairs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_73260\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sharma-has-not-made-any-statements-today-with-regard-to-the-chogm-venue-commonwealth\/sharmalg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-73260\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73260\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73260\" title=\"sharmaLG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sharmaLG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-73260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sharma<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Colombo based <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymirror.lk\/news\/25660-sharma-confirms-summit-location.html\">Daily Mirror<\/a><\/span>\u00a0today reported that &#8220;Sharma confirms summit location&#8221;. 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