Golf was the gulf for Razak and Ranil

During a luncheon meeting he hosted for visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Abdul Razak, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe explained why he was unable to meet him on arrival at the Colombo airport.

He had planned to do so last Sunday night. However, Premier Razak’s itinerary has been changed and he had arrived early, that same morning. When this happened, Mr. Wickremesinghe said he was in the Deep South.

Premier Razak replied that he wanted to play a round of golf at the Royal Colombo Golf Club and that was why he came early.

Mr Wickremesinghe was to point out that he wished he knew that earlier. He would have arranged for the Malaysian premier’s jet to land at the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport, he said. He could then have played a game of golf at the Shangri Lanka Hotel links in Hambantota, Sri Lanka’s PM said with a wink.