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Laxman Khadirgamar
 "THANK
you, it is indeed nice of you..." said the then Foreign Minister of
Sri Lanka, Laxman Khadirgamar, when this sketch of his was given to him
for his signature soon after he concluded his Press conference in Delhi.
He was on an official visit to meet his counterpart and discuss
bilateral issues. A brilliant student during his student days at Oxford
University, Laxman Khadirgamar was elected as the president of the
Oxford University Students’ Union.
After his return, he
practiced law at the Ceylon Bar. An eminent lawyer, Khadirgamar became a
consultant to I.L.O. in Geneva in 1974.
Soft-spoken Khadirgamar is
one of the most respected citizens of Sri Lanka and as a diplomat he
made a name for himself as an efficient foreign minister under Chandrika
Kumaratunga.
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