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Sri Lanka, Portugal to form committee on repatriation of colonial-era artefacts
Sri Lanka and Portugal have agreed to establish a joint committee to study the repatriation of ancient artefacts taken from
Summary
The agreement was reached during a bilateral discussion between Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath and visiting Portuguese Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Colombo. Rangel noted that the proposal to return items of historical value was acceptable and confirmed that a joint committee would conduct a preliminary study.
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People
- Paulo Rangel2
- Sri Lankans2
- Rangel2
- Vijitha Herath
- Sri Lankan
- Herath
Organisations
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Colombo
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- United Nations
- Ditwah
Places
- New Delhi2
- Sri Lanka2
- Portugal2
Keywords
- artefacts2
- repatriation
- portuguese
- committee
- colonial
- cultural
- ancient
- returns
- issues
- review
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