President Mahinda Rajapaksa is to be awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Peoples' Friendship University of the Russian Federation, especially considering his outstanding contribution towards fostering world peace and his success against terrorism.
This will be awarded during the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the Peoples' Friendship University of the Russian Federation that will be held in February 2010.
The official letter informing of the awarding of this degree was handed over to President Rajapaksa by Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov.
Following is the text of the press release
President Mahinda Rajapaksa is to be awarded an Honorary Doctorate during the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the Peoples' Friendship University of the Russian Federation that will be held in February 2010.









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