Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe incurred expenses totalling Rs. 1.27 billion for 23 overseas visits between 2022 and 2024, Chief Government Whip Nalinda Jayatissa informed Parliament today.
According to Minister Jayatissa, former President Wickremesinghe undertook 4 foreign trips in 2022, 14 in 2023, and 5 more in 2024.
He further said that 63 state officials had participated in the overseas visits in 2022, a total of 252 state officials in 2023, and 111 state officials for the tours in 2024.
Minister Nalinda Jayatissa further revealed that a total of Rs. 19.8 million had been spent on 19 of those overseas visits, in which Ranil Wickremesinghe had not attended, but had been represented by state officials. (Newswire)
