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Sri Lanka minister says amendment trimming presidential powers expected to become law in couple of weeks

Sri Lanka Ali Sabry

FILE PHOTO: Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe looks on during an interview with Reuters at Presidential Secretariat, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka August 18, 2022. REUTERS/ Dinuka Liyanawatte/File Photo

Sri Lanka Foreign Minister Ali Sabry said on Monday a new constitutional amendment trimming presidential powers is expected to become law in couple of weeks.

(Reporting Uditha Jayasinghe; writing by Shivam Patel in New Delhi; Editing by Kim Coghill)

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